A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717)Purney, Thomas
General
A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717)
Purney, Thomas
Pastoral poetry
SEPT., 1946: Series III, No. 1--Anon., _Letter to A. H. Esq.;
concerning the Stage_ (1698), and Richard Willis'
_Occasional Paper_ No. IX (1698).
Nov., 1946: Series I, No. 2--Anon., _Essay on Wit_ (1748),
together with Characters by Flecknoe, and Joseph
Warton's _Adventurer_ Nos. 127 and 133.
JAN., 1947: Series II, No. 2--Samuel Wesley's _Epistle to a
Friend Concerning Poetry_ (1700) and _Essay on
Heroic Poetry_ (1693).
MARCH, 1947: Series III, No. 2--Anon., _Representation of the
Impiety and Immorality of the Stage_ (1704) and
anon., Some _Thoughts Concerning the Stage_
(1704).
_PUBLICATIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR (1947-1948)_
MAY, 1947: Series I, No. 3--John Gay's _The Present State of
Wit_; and a section on Wit from _The English
Theophrastus_. With an Introduction by Donald Bond.
JULY, 1947: Series II, No. 3--Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_,
translated by Creech. With an Introduction by J.E.
Congleton.
SEPT., 1947: Series III, No. 3--T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on
the Tragedy of Hamlet_. With an Introduction by
Clarence D. Thorpe.
Nov., 1947: Series I, No. 4--Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards
Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc_. With an
Introduction by James L. Clifford.
JAN., 1948: Series II, No. 4--Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the
Pastoral_. With an Introduction by Earl Wasserman.
MARCH, 1948: Series III, No. 4--Essays on the Stage, selected,
with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.
The list of publications is subject to modification in response
to requests by members. From time to time Bibliographical
Notes will be included in the issues. Each issue contains an
Introduction by a scholar of special competence in the field
represented.
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never be offered at "remainder" prices.
_GENERAL EDITORS_
RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_
EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_
H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_
_ADVISORY EDITORS_
EMMET L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_
LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_
BENJAMIN BOYCE, _University of Nebraska_
CLEANTH BROOKS, _Louisiana State University_
JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_
ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_
SAMUEL L. MONK, _University of Minnesota_
JAMES SUTHERLAND, _Queen Mary College, London_
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