A Critical Edition of Richard Brathwait's Whimzies

by Allen H. Lanner (Editor)

Overview

Originaly published in 1991, this volume contains the full text of Richard Brathwait's 'Whimzies,' alongside textual notes including chapters on the character as a literary genre, the overburian characters and an annotation of the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367254797
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/2020
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Allen H. Lanner

Table of Contents

Foreword. General Information. 1. The Character as a Literary Genre. 2. Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices. 3. The Overburian Characters. 4. The Earlier Character-Writers: Breton, Stephens, and Mynshul. 5. John Earle's Micro-Cosmographie (1628). 6. Brathwait and the Character-Writers of the Early 1630s. 7. The Character of Argument. 8. The Last Phase. Richard Brathwait's Whimzies: Or, A New Cast of Characters (1631). 1. Introduction to the Text. 2. Text of Whimzies: Or, A New Cast of Characters (1631). 3. Annotation of the Text. 4. List of Textual Changes.