Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Laughter from on High: The Arts of Contempt in Restoration England 16
6. 2 Staging Davenant; or, Macbeth, the Musical 31
7. 3 The Arts of Memory in Absalom and Achitophel: Dryden’s Response to Milton and Marvell 47
8. 4 Peacocks and Rainbows: Visual Spectacle and Allegorical Performance in Albion and Albanius 65
9. 5 “The Dyrham Decades”: The Cultural Connections of an English Country House, 1690–1720 86
10. 6 Domenico Scarlatti: “Jesting with Art” 102
11. 7 Queen Anne’s Other Women 131
12. 8 Anne Donnellan: Friend of the Arts 151
13. 9 Responding to Emma in 1816: Reviewers, Readers, and “Opinions” 182
14. 10 Elizabeth Rivers and Christopher Smart: Eighteenth-Century Poetry across Time and Form 199
15. Selected Bibliography 219
16. Notes on Contributors 225
17. Index 229