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Broadview Press Ltd The History of Pompey the Little: Or, The Life
Book SynopsisPompey the Little, the canine narrator of this story, is a uniquely observant and witty guide to eighteenth-century culture, both high and low. In the course of the novel Pompey is passed from owner to owner, offering a panoramic vision of English and European societies in the period. Written with sparkling irony, The History of Pompey the Little is an important example of an “it-narrative,” or a narrative written from a non-human perspective; this genre allows the novelist to move between levels of society and to observe human behaviour from an outsider’s perspective.The rich selection of historical documents in the appendices to this Broadview edition includes a similar narrative told by a cat, along with other writings on eighteenth-century attitudes towards animals.Trade Review“This fine edition of Coventry’s novel will contribute to the scholarly conversation about the generic affiliations, conceptual concerns, and cultural underpinnings of the it-narrative. It will also serve as a terrific teaching text and should find a home on a variety of eighteenth-century syllabi. Thoroughly but unobtrusively annotated for both context and terminology, this edition is well suited to the undergraduate reader, who will benefit from its accessible introduction and notes, as well as a helpful set of appendices.” — Heather Keenleyside, University of Chicago, from Eighteenth-Century Fiction Volume 23“Nicholas Hudson has done scholars and students alike an enormous service by producing the first edition of The History of Pompey the Little to appear in over thirty years. Francis Coventry’s lively and entertaining work exemplifies the tradition of mock-heroic satire between Pope’s Rape of the Lock and Byron’s Don Juan, yet readers are perhaps more likely to appreciate Pompey the Little as an early it-narrative. Hudson’s useful introduction discusses Pompey’s place in the history of the English novel and explores its connection to the period debates about the relationship between humans and animals and about ‘the boundary between people and objects.’” — Mark Blackwell, University of HartfordTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionFrancis Coventry: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextThe History of Pompey the Little; or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-DogAppendix A: Omitted Section from Book II, Chapters VI-VII in the Third EditionAppendix B: From Anonymous, The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760)Appendix C: Anonymous, An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding (1751)Appendix D: Poems by Francis Coventry Penshurst (1750) “To the Hon. Wilmot Vaughan, Esq. in Wales” (1755) Appendix E: Eighteenth-Century Discussions of Animals Pierre Bayle, “Rorarius,” from The Dictionary Historical and Critical (1696) Samuel Johnson, The Idler, No. 24 (1758) From Anonymous, A Dissertation on Mr. Hogarth’s ... The Four Stages of Cruelty (1751) Select Bibliography
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Broadview Press Ltd The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
Book SynopsisAmong the most popular children’s books of the Victorian period, The Water-Babies continues to delight readers of all ages. It tells the story of a young boy named Tom, who escapes his harsh life as a chimney sweep by being transformed into a “water-baby.” His adventures underwater introduce him to strange animals, gentle fairies, and exotic seascapes, and Kingsley frequently digresses from the mythical narrative with his commentary on political and scientific topics. Many of Linley Sambourne’s remarkable illustrations from the 1886 edition are included in the text of the novel.This Broadview edition reproduces the first edition of The Water-Babies, published in 1863. The appendices include a broad selection of other 19th-century children’s literature and excerpts from Kingsley’s essays on evolution, hygiene, and education.Trade ReviewA new and unabridged edition of The Water-Babies is an unlooked-for pleasure. Everyone who has an interest in the exuberant, eclectic, ecological, and erotic aspects of Victorian literature should know this book. When combined with the definitive illustrations by Linley Sambourne and a wealth of explanatory notes, appendices, and other critical tools, this edition becomes indispensable. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Richard Kelly and to Broadview Press for editing and re-issuing this delightful and important work of Victorian children's literature." - Naomi Wood, Kansas State University"This is a long overdue, thoroughly detailed, and informative edition of Kingsley's classic Victorian children's tale. Though The Water-Babies has had great popular success since first publication, especially in the UK, it has frequently been read in abbreviated versions with many of Kingsley's often lengthy asides on politics, religion, education, and other pressing topics of the day omitted. This Broadview edition, following closely the first book text of 1863, includes all of Kingsley's fascinating diversions. The work is greatly enhanced by Professor Kelly's many scholarly appendices and numerous instructive annotations on the text. The result is an excellent edition that renders this intriguing classic much more amenable to the modern reader." - Brendan A. Rapple, Boston CollegeTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionCharles Kingsley: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextThe Water-BabiesAppendix A: William Blake, “The Chimney Sweeper” from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience (1789, 1794)Appendix B: Matthew Arnold, “The Forsaken Merman” from The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems (1849)Appendix C: From Heinrich Hoffman, Struwwelpeter (1845)Appendix D: From Lewis Carroll, “The Mock-Turtle’s Story” in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)Appendix E: From Margaret Gatty, “Whereunto?” Parables From Nature (1861)Appendix F: From Maria Susanna Cummins, The Lamplighter (1854)Appendix G: From Samuel G. Goodrich, Peter Parley’s Method of Telling About Geography to Children (1831)Appendix H: Reflections of Charles Kingsley on Nature and Sanitation From Charles Kingsley, Glaucus; or,The Wonders of the Shore (1855) From Charles Kingsley, Madame How and Lady Why or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children (1870) From Charles Kingsley, “Air-Mothers,” in Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays (1880) From Letter XII Appendix I: Joseph Noel Paton’s Illustrations for the First Edition of The Water-Babies (1863)Appendix J: Reviews of The Water-Babies The Anthropological Review (November 1863) New York Times (25 December 1863) The Times (26 January 1864) The Times (12 December 1885) Bibliography
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Broadview Press Ltd A Companion to Chaucer and his Contemporaries:
Book SynopsisA Companion to Chaucer and his Contemporaries provides a detailed introduction to medieval culture, broadly considered. This sourcebook gives readers fuller access to Middle English literary works by situating these works within their sometimes alien historical and cultural contexts. Chapters open with an overview that suggests how contemporary debates and attitudes influence meaning in works like the Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, and Mankind. The main body of the text is thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations, such as excerpts from the chronicles, law treatises, sermons, court records, medical and alchemical tracts, and performance records, as well as maps and manuscript illustrations.Trade Review“This invaluable collection offers students a first-hand glimpse of the diversity of voices and ideas that underlie, complicate, and exceed the canonical literature of the later Middle Ages.” — Nathanial B. Smith, Pedagogy“A Companion to Chaucer and his Contemporaries will be essential to teaching Chaucer in the 21st century. It gives students direct and convenient access to the documents and texts that have changed the way we think about late medieval literature. From the dramatic vistas of rebellions, heresies and schisms to the practice of everyday life, the texts provided by Amtower and Vanhoutte demonstrate how history and literature shape each other, both in the Middle Ages and in our own time.” — John Ganim, Professor of English, University of California Riverside and former President of the New Chaucer SocietyTable of ContentsPREFACECHAPTER 1POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURYINTRODUCTIONCivil Conflict and the War with FranceThe PlagueThe Peasant’s RevoltThe Merciless Parliament and Its RepercussionsThe LancastersDOCUMENTSEdward III Makes Ready for War (1337)Close Roll (1337)Statutes of the Realm (1340)The Battle of Poitiers. Henry Knighton (1346)The Plague. Henry Knighton (1348-50)The Plague and Its Aftermath. Henry Knighton (1349)Statute of Laborers (1351)Alice Perrers. Thomas Walsingham (late 14thc)The Poll Tax (1380)John Ball. Thomas Walsingham (1381)The Burning of the Savoy. Thomas Walsingham (1381)The King’s Dire Straits. Thomas Walsingham (1381)The Death of Wat Tyler. Thomas Walsingham (1381)Richard’s Words to the People. Thomas Walsingham (1381)Proclamation for Keeping the Peace within the City (1381)Letter from Richard Revoking Their Liberties. Thomas Walsingham (1381)John Ball Letters (1381)A Censure of the Mendicant Friars. Thomas Walsingham (late 14thc)The Merciless Parliament (1388)Deposition of Richard II (1399)Henry IV’s words to Richard II, upon Richard’s Abdication. Froissart (1399)Coronation of Bolingbroke (1399)Death of Richard II. Froissart (1400)St. Joan’s Appearance to Deliver France (1429)CHAPTER 2“FROM EVERY SHIRES ENDE”: THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETYINTRODUCTIONThe Three EstatesSocial Conflict and Social ChangeThe Situation of WomenThe Anti-Feminist TraditionDOCUMENTSThe Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Realm of England Commonly Called Glanville (12thc)The Sumptuary Laws of 1363 and 1463Apprenticeship Contracts (13thc)The Oath for the Issue of Apprentices (15thc)The Petition of the Tailors against Nicholas Brembre (1386)On AmazonsMen, Women, Wives, Husbands, and Servants. Bartholomew Anglicus (trans. 1397)The Ballad of the Tyrannical Husband (15thc)Chaucer and the Raptus of Cecily Chaumpaigne (1380)Widows and Clerical Anti-Feminism. Christine de Pizan (1405)Fourteenth-Century Court Cases Involving WomenFirst Epistle to the Corinthians (1388)“The Wife Is Subject to the Husband.” John Wyclif (c. 1378 and 1384)The Clerical Tradition on WomenCHAPTER 3“OF METE AND DRYNK”: DAILY LIFE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLANDINTRODUCTIONMedieval LondonGetting AroundThe CountryDaily ActivitiesFood and DrinkMedieval MoneyDOCUMENTSCoroners’ Cases and Court Cases (14thc)Of Swine, Bawds, Thieves, and Courtesans (14thc)The Goodman’s Instructions on Hosting, Cooking, and Serving (1392-94)A Feast Fit for a King (14thc)Letters from the Pastons (15thc)On Manners (15thc)CHAPTER 4“HOOLY THOUGHT AND WERK”: RELIGIOUS LIFE, RITUAL, AND PRAYERINTRODUCTIONPopular Religion and Daily LifeThe Clerical HierarchyAnti-SemitismReligious Orders and Religious ProfessionalsCorruption and AnticlericalismDOCUMENTSFrom On Christian Doctrine. St. Augustine (c. 396-427)“Religious Symbolism.” William Durandus (1286)“The Lives of Spiritual Women.” The Ancrene Wisse (13thc)“Interpretations of Biblical Verse on the Conduct of Women.” The Ancrene Wisse (13thc)Alma Redemptoris Mater (11thc)A Myrour to Lewde Men and Wymmen (14thc)“Against Pilgrimage.” Lollardist Treatise (14thc)Margery Kempe’s Pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem. Margery Kempe (c. 1436-38)“The Two Powers.” Hugh of St. Victor (1134)A Punishment for Lollardy (1389)“Epistola 391: On the Jews.” Bernard of Clairvaux (early 12thc)The Murder of Hugh of Lincoln. Matthew of Paris (1255)The Papal Bull Defending the Jews. Gregory X (1272)Vox Clamantis. John Gower (c. 1380s)On the Pope. John Wyclif (1370s)Bull of Pope Gregory XI, Against John Wycliffe (1384)Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards (1395)Against Confession. Lollard Treatise (1394)“The Case for Translation.” John Wyclif (1370s)On Biblical Translation. Lollard Treatise (early 15thc)The Constitutions of Archbishop Arundel Against the Lollards (1409)CHAPTER 5“TROUTHE AND HONOUR, FREEDOM AND CURTEISIE”: WAR, PAGEANTRY, AND THE KNIGHTHOODINTRODUCTIONThe Origins of ChivalryChivalry and Courtly LovePracticing KnighthoodChivalric OrdersWarfare and the CrusadesClass AntagonismDOCUMENTS The Book of the Order of Chivalry. Ramon Llull (c. 1276, trans. 1484)The Tree of Battles. Honoré Bonet (1387)Letter of Othea to Hector. Christine de Pizan (1399-1400)The Art of Courtly Love. Andreas Capellanus (1184-86)The Book of Chivalry. Geoffroi de Charny (c. 1350)The Jousts in Smithfield. The Brut, or Chronicles of England (1388)Free Companies. Froissart (c. 1356)The Black Prince’s Revenge on Limoges. Froissart (1370)Order of the Garter. Froissart (1344)The Condemnation of the Templars (1312)Statute on Livery and Maintenance (1390)The Defender of Peace. Marsilius of Padua (1324)The Conquest of Alexandria. Petrarch (1365)The Capture of Alexandria. Guillaume de Machaut (after 1369)Relations with the Franks. Ousama Ibn Mounkidh (12thc)From Vox Clamantis. John Gower (c. 1380s)The Two Ways. John Clanvowe (late 14thc)Epilogue to the Book of the Order of Chivalry. William Caxton (1484)CHAPTER 6“GLADLY WOLDE HE LERNE AND GLADLY TECHE”: READING, LITERACY, AND EDUCATIONINTRODUCTION EducationThe Medieval Commentary TraditionHumanismThe Arrival of the Printing PressDOCUMENTS The Boke of Curtasye (c. 1460)A Fifteenth Century School Book (late 15thc)Aristotle’s ABC (early 15thc)Morale Scolarium. John of Garland (13thc)Rules of the University of Paris (c. 1215)Studies Necessary Before Admission as a Master of Arts, 1431The Statutes of New College, Oxford (1400)The Study of the French Language and English Law at Oxford (1432)The Commons Protest Against the Misbehaviour of the Scholars and Clerks of Oxford (1421)Letter to Can Grande. Dante (early 14thc)The Philobiblon. Richard de Bury (14thc)Genealogy of the Gentile Gods. Giovanni Boccaccio (1360-74)The Prologues and Epilogues. William Caxton (15thc)CHAPTER 7“MAGYK NATUREEL”: SCIENCE, MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND ALCHEMYINTRODUCTIONMedieval Science: Theory and PracticeThe ElementsThe Humours and Human TemperamentDOCUMENTSOn the Natural Faculties. Galen (170)Of the Four Complexions (14thc)Of the Science of Physiognomy from the Secreta Secretorum (1422)An Arab Opinion of the Crusaders’ Medicine (12thc)A Lollard View on Bodily and Spiritual Blindness (14thc-15thc)From De Coitu (On Intercourse). Constantinus Africanus (11thc)From On the Properties of Things. Bartholomew Anglicus (13thc)Various Remedies. Gilbertus Anglicus (13thc)On Lycanthropia (6th c)Two Medical Cases (late 14thc)On Natural Magic (16thc)On Animals (12thc and 13thc)From The Ordinal of Alchemy. Thomas Norton (1477)“On Dreams.” Macrobius (c. 395-423)CHAPTER 8“TO FLAUNDRES WOL I GO”: INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES AND EXCHANGESINTRODUCTIONLate Medieval Conceptions of the WorldEngland and the ContinentThe Stranger in Their MidstDOCUMENTSInformation for Pilgrims (c. 1500)From Mandeville’s Travels (1356-57?)On Various Countries. Bartholomew Anglicus (13thc)From The Libelle of English Policy (15thc)Court Cases (14thc)The Murder of Janus Imperial (1379)The Rights of Aliens and the Petition of the Hansards (1389)The Massacre of the Flemish (1381)Mandate of Payment to Geoffrey Chaucer (11 November 1373)BIBLIOGRAPHYSOURCES
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The Wapping Project Passage
Book SynopsisThe Wapping Project has always been a rite of passage from commissioned artists to chefs who worked at Wapping Food in the days at theWapping Hydraulic Power Station. Nobody who has made the journey of working with us in any capacity could claim being unchanged by theexperience.The Wapping Project is never static; it avoided solidifying into something that can be easily defined.We commissioned and produced many works over the years inspired by the dynamics of being, journeys and transformations includingPassage, 2013, and Passages, 1996.We are returning to these themes in this volume of new writing at the time of tectonic political shifts. In the aftermath of the European Unionmembership referendum in 2016, the whole of the UK, its residents and citizens, are in the state of passage. We are on a journey drifting away.The English Channel (or La Manche as the French call it) somehow managed to stretch and is continuing to expand. Will the Channel Tunnel the narrow submarine passage providing the only physical link with the continent keep up with the expansive motion of water and politicsabove?We are bringing to you three pieces of poetry responding to the theme passage Agnieszka Studzinska's Passage, Alia Syed's Eating Grassand Heather Phillipson's everything SLAPPED and CANDIED and OPENING. We are also sharing our international event series KitchenConversations that take place from San Francisco through London to Berlin.A text and image work by Shona Illingworth Topologies of Air produced in collaboration with law professor and barrister specialising ininternational law and human rights Nick Grief and Andrew Hoskins, Interdisciplinary Research Professor in the College of Social Sciences at theUniversity of Glasgow, completes the volume.
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The Wapping Project Transition Transformation Transience
Book SynopsisTransition, Transformation and Transience was published in 2016 to accompany the launch of The Wapping Project Commissions. It features three writing commissions two in poetry and an essay.So MayerLine of Visible LightAlice ButlerThe Peach SlipLavinia GreenlawA poet's difficulty with words
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The Wapping Project Topologies of Air
Book SynopsisThe publication Topologies of Air accompanies a visual arts commission by Shona Illingworth under the same title. It brings together edited fragments of transcripts from Airspace Tribunal London, Airspace Tribunal Sydney, Sky Forum Bahrain and Sky Forum Sharjah a series of public discussions around the questions of airspace and its use that acted as key elements of production of the visual arts commission Topologies of Air alongside a contribution from Professor Nick Grief titled Airspace: More Than an Inspirational Concept and an interview with Shona Illingworth.Published in English & Arabic.
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