| Queen Anne and the Arts Contributor(s): Reverand, Cedric D. (Editor), Benedict, Barbara (Contribution by), Cope, Kevin L. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1611486319 ISBN-13: 9781611486315 Publisher: Bucknell University Press OUR PRICE: $139.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Art | European - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 941.069 |
| LCCN: 2014036135 |
| Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 334 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The cultural highlights of the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714) have long been overlooked. However, recent scholarship, including the present volume, is demonstrating that Anne has been seriously underestimated, both as a person, and as a monarch, and that there was much cultural activity of note in what might be called an interim period, coming after the deaths of Dryden and Purcell but before the blossoming of Pope and Handel, after the glories of Baroque architecture but before the triumph of Burlingtonian neoclassicism. The authors of Queen Anne and the Arts make a case for Anne's reign as a time of experimentation and considerable accomplishment in new genres, some of which developed, some of which faded away. The volume includes essays on the music, drama, poetry, quasi-operas, political pamphlets, and architecture, as well as on newer genres, such as coin and medal collecting, hymns, and poetical miscellanies, all produced during Anne's reign. |
Contributor Bio(s): Reverand, Cedric D., II: - reverand@uwyo.edu |