エリザベス・インチボールドの日記（全３巻） The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald (The Pickering Masters)

Gratchev, Ivan (EDT)/ Espinosa, Hugo G. (EDT)

Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd（2007/11発売）

• ページ数 1296 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781851968688
• DDC分類 828.6

基本説明

女優、小説家、劇作家、批評家として活躍したエリザベス・インチボールドの現存する11冊の日記帳が初めて刊行されます。ロマン主義時代イギリスの著名人多数、ウィリアム・ゴドウィン、トマス・ホルクラフト、マライア・エッジワース、サラ・シドンス、ジョン・フィリップ・ケンブルらとの交友を含む興味深い資料です。
"Pickering Masters". The diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) are rare and fragile documents which present a unique view of Romantic-era Britain. Published here for the first time, her eleven surviving diaries are a fascinating vignette of everyday life in eighteenth-century London's theatrical and literary circles.

Full Description

An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.

Contents

Volume 1: The Early Years on the Stage-Scotland, France, Ireland, the Provinces, and London, 1776-81 Volume 2: The Height of Fame-Acting, Playwriting, and Novel Writing, 1782-93 Volume 3: The Introspective Years-Drama Criticism, Napoleonic Wars, and the Queen's Trial, 1807-20