In the following essay, Boys discusses the mystery surrounding the publication of the various editions of Dryden and Tonson's Miscellany and Tonson's part in the matter.
In 1684 the r...
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In the following essay, Walker discusses Tonson's career as a publisher and notes his influence during his own time and on the publishing world to this day.
“Before the eighteenth cen...
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In the following essay, Barnard discusses Tonson's publication of Dryden's The Works of Virgil and considers the profits he made from this and other similar projects.
The existence of...
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In the following excerpt, Clapp discusses the style and content of Tonson's letters, which she says provide insights into the man's character.
“To entertain you I will show you...
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In the following essay, Hyde considers whether a signboard with a large image of Shakespeare, which was exhibited in the United States in 1964, once belonged to Tonson.
Any unusual portrait of Shak...
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In the following essay, Geduld discusses Tonson's compilations of verse, his publication of Milton's epic poem, and his popular editions of Shakespeare's works.
Miscellany Poems...
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In the following essays, Lynch examines Tonson's complex relationship with John Dryden; explores some of his ambitious publishing projects; and discusses his influence and the distinguished aut...
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In the following essay, Hesse explains a reference in Pope's “A Farewell to London” as having to do with Tonson losing one of his authors to a rival publisher.
Lintot, farewell...
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In the following essay, Gillespie offers a reinterpretation of the evidence concerning the translation projects undertaken by Dryden and Tonson in the 1680s.
One of the most influential literary pa...
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In the following essay, Bennett considers the textual evidence for the case that Tonson was involved in the publication of the 1688 folio edition of Paradise Lost.
Most of the evidence for Jacob To...
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In the following essay, Hammond reconstructs the process by which Dryden and Tonson's Miscellany Poems and Sylvae reached their final form.
The first two in the series of verse miscellanies ...
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Critical Essay by Richard C. Boys
