1698 English Theater Jeremey Collier Short View Puritan Plays Literature Wars



“A celebrated work which effected a reformation in the theatre.” (Lowndes)



Jeremy Collier was a 17th-century English theater critic who, in 1698, wrote a highly controversial attack on English comedies. ‘Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage’ was filled with Collier’s views on what he considered to be profanity and immorality in English plays. He believed plays should be providing moral encouragement rather than encouraging unethical vices.



Immediately after Collier’s ‘Short View’ was released, playwrights quickly responded with their own attacks on Collier’s views. Naturally, Collier published his own defense of his ‘Short View’ which focused heavily on the content William Congreve’s plays. These works became important to the literary war between Puritan restrictions and English dramatists!



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COLLIER, Jeremy



A short view of the immorality, and profaneness of the English stage: together with the sense of antiquity upon this argument



London: Printed for S. Keble, R. Sare, and H. Hindmarsh, 1698. 1st edition



Details:

Collation:

[6], 288

Wanting pg. 176-179

References: Wing C 5263; Lowndes 496

Provenance:

Handwritten – Joice Davis

Handwritten – Gulielmi Tutte

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~7.75in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)



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