Joanna Baillie, a Literary LifeFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002 - 325 páginas Joanna Baillie: A Literary Life is the first full-length biography of the Scottish playwright (1762-1851) based on new archival research, biographical evidence, and critical commentary. The work begins with a chronology listing family births, marriages, and deaths and adds publication dates and performance dates for Baillie's plays. After the Introduction's statement of purpose and theoretical stance, chapter 1 provides an account of Baillie's childhood and education based on archival research and on her own autobiographical papers. The ensuing chapters move through her most creative and theoretical years toward her death in 1851. Biographical evidence and critical commentary about her works are arranged chronologically, with chapter 3 dedicated almost solely to Baillie and Sir Walter Scott. Chapter 4 follows with accounts of other relationships which paralleled most of those same years. Chapter 5 continues with a focus on Baillie's religious philosophy and on her final years of copious publishing, while chapter 6 marks her death and subsequent estimation. |
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... seems scarcely to have been even suspected beyond the domestic circle , when the ' Plays on the Passions ' burst on the world . The dedication to Dr. Baillie gave a hint in what quarter the author was to be sought ; but the person ...
... seems scarcely to have been even suspected beyond the domestic circle , when the ' Plays on the Passions ' burst on the world . The dedication to Dr. Baillie gave a hint in what quarter the author was to be sought ; but the person ...
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... seems quite at home . . . inspired by her subject . 98 A critic for the Monthly Review of September 1821 also found Lady Griseld Baillie the most palatable legend , but his overall review was far from gracious , beginning with A ...
... seems quite at home . . . inspired by her subject . 98 A critic for the Monthly Review of September 1821 also found Lady Griseld Baillie the most palatable legend , but his overall review was far from gracious , beginning with A ...
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... seems to be based on her mentoring of him . Both were friends of John Richardson , and Baillie invited both to dinner at her house on various occasions . Beattie sent many of his works to Baillie for her editorial suggestions , and she ...
... seems to be based on her mentoring of him . Both were friends of John Richardson , and Baillie invited both to dinner at her house on various occasions . Beattie sent many of his works to Baillie for her editorial suggestions , and she ...
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Preface | 9 |
Chronology | 25 |
Theatre Theory and the Price | 70 |
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