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71. The Twickenham Edition of the Poems of Alexander Pope

    The definitive edition of Pope's poetry, his notes, editorial notes plus introductions

    Edited by John Butt

    The Twickenham Edition of the Poems of Alexander Pope has remained the standard edition for more than a generation. Offering the complete poems this work is the single most authoritative collection available. Set in a descriptive background of eighteenth-century life, the poetry is placed in its...

    Published January 5th 1994 by Routledge
72. The Songs of Robert Burns

    Edited by Donald Low

    In this definitive work for our generation, Donald Low brings together, for the first time, the words and tunes of all Burns' known songs, both `polite' and bawdy. The Songs of Robert Burns were, in their author's eyes, the crown of his achievement as a poet. After years of study and investigation...

    Published January 20th 1993 by Routledge
73. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices

    Criminal Biographies of the Eighteenth Century

    By Philip Rawlings

    Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to reproduce a number of these biographies in full.Not only do these biographies make fascinating...

    Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge
74. The Madhouse of Language

    Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century

    By Allan Ingram

    Language has always been used as a measure of social, ideological, and psychological contexts for the exploration of madness. The Madhouse of Language considers the relations between madness and language from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries, focusing on the close analysis of both...

    Published February 19th 1992 by Routledge
75. Imperial Eyes

    Travel Writing and Transculturation

    By Mary Louise Pratt

    Published January 29th 1992 by Routledge
76. Women 18th Century:Cons Fem

    By Vivien Jones

    Published April 25th 1990 by Routledge
77. Women in the Eighteenth Century

    Constructions of Femininity

    Edited by Vivien Jones

    Series: World and Word

    This anthology gathers together various texts by and about women, ranging from `conduct' manuals to pamphlets on prostitution, from medical texts to critical definitions of women's writing, from anti-female satires to appeals for female equality. By making this material more widely available, Women...

    Published April 25th 1990 by Routledge
78. Alexander Pope

    Selected Poetry and Prose

    By Alexander Pope

    Edited by Robin Sowerby

    Series: Routledge English Texts

    Alexander Pope's technical polish and intellectual poise appeal to the subtlest audience. This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer....

    Published May 4th 1988 by Routledge
79. Les Liaisons Dangereuses

    By Choderlos de Laclos

    One of the most `modern' of eighteenth-century novels, Les Liasons Dangereuses is the brilliantly observed and vividly rendered story of two libertines and the innocent characters they plot to destroy....

    Published September 9th 1987 by Routledge
80. Women & Fiction

    By Patricia Stubbs

    Published April 15th 1981 by Routledge