Research Catalog

Title

The works of William Congreve / edited in three volumes by D.F. McKenzie ; prepared for publication by C.Y. Ferdinand.

Author

Congreve, William, 1670-1729.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

• McKenzie, D. F. (Donald Francis)
• Ferdinand, C. Y. (Christine Y.)

Description

3 volumes; 23 cm

Summary

"The late D.F. McKenzie worked on this comprehensive edition of the works of the playwright, poet, librettist, and novelist William Congreve for more than twenty years, until his sudden death in 1999. This was a task he had taken over from Herbert Davis, to whom this edition is dedicated. During that time McKenzie uncovered new verse and letters, collated Congreve's texts, recorded their complicated textual history, constructed appendices that shed light on the dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly, McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to transform our image of the man and his reputation. McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose works, letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end of each volume. This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as well as to the integrity of William Congreve"--Publisher's description.

Uniform Title

Works. 2011

Alternative Title

Works. 2011

Subjects

• Drama > 15th and 16th centuries
• Poetry > 16th century
• Congreve, William, 1670-1729 > Works
• Songs > 16th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• v. 1. Play. The old batchelor ; The double-dealer ; Love for love -- Music. The old batchelor, The double dealer, and Love for love -- Commentary. The old batchelor ; The double-dealer ; Love for love -- Early performers / Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume -- Early editions and variant readings. Discussion ; The old batchelor ; The double-dealer ; Love for love -- Abbreviations and works frequently cited.
• v. 2. Plays, masque, opera. Richard Steele: to Mr. Congreve ; The mourning bride ; The way of the world ; The judgment of Paris ; Semele -- Poems. Poems upon several occasions ; Songs from plays ; Miscellaneous poems -- Music. The mourning bride, The way of the world, the judgment of Paris, Semele, and the songs -- Commentary. The mourning bride ; The way of the world ; The judgment of Paris ; Semele ; Poems upon several occasions, songs from plays, and miscellaneous poems -- Early editions and variant readings. The mourning bride ; The way of the world ; the judgment of Paris ; Semele ; Poems upon several occasions -- Abbreviations and works frequently cited.
• v. 3. Prose writings. Incognita ; or, love and duty reconcil'd ; Concerning humour in comedy ; Amendments of Mr. Collier's false and imperfect citations &c. ; Tatler 292 ; Dedication of Dryden's Dramatick works -- Letters -- Commentary. Prose writings ; Letters -- Attributions -- An iconographical checklist -- Allusions -- Congreve's library -- Abbreviations and works frequently cited.

Call Number

JFD 16-501

ISBN

• 9780199202546
• 0199202540
• 9780198118848
• 0198118848
• 9780199297474
• 0199297479
• 9780199297467
• 0199297460

LCCN

2006027154

OCLC

71223011

Author

Congreve, William, 1670-1729.

Title

The works of William Congreve / edited in three volumes by D.F. McKenzie ; prepared for publication by C.Y. Ferdinand.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Added Author

McKenzie, D. F. (Donald Francis) Editor

Ferdinand, C. Y. (Christine Y.) Editor

Research Call Number

JFD 16-501