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基本説明
This is the first full-length biography of Delarivier Manley (c.1670-1724). A Tory pamphleteer, playwright, and satirical historian, Manley was regarded by her contemporaries Jonathan Swift and Robert Harley as a key member of the Tory propaganda team. Carnell argues that Manley’s quasi-autobiographical writings Letters Writen [sic] by Mrs. Manley (1696) and The Adventures of Rivella (1714) are coyly political self-portraits which must be read in their historical context.
Full Description
A Tory pamphleteer, playwright and satirical historian, Delarivier Manley was regarded by her contemporaries Jonathan Swift and Robert Harley as a key member of the Tory propaganda team. This biography offers details about her life, including evidence about three illegitimate children by John Tilly, Governor of Fleet Prison.
Contents
Introduction; Chapter 1 'A Long Untainted Descent': Her Father's Daughter?; Chapter 2 Roger Manley: 'A Scholar in the Midst of a Camp'; Chapter 3 A 'Liberal Education': Youth and Early Life in London; Chapter 4 A 'Female Wit': 1694-6; Chapter 5 'Some More, and Less] Profitable Employ': 1697-1705; Chapter 6 Not Yet a Propaganda Writer: 1705-8; Chapter 7 '[T]hrowing the First Stone': 1709; Chapter 8 Writing Under a Tory Ministry: 1710-14; Chapter 9 A Celebrated 'Muse': 1714-24;