Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

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Volume 82

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Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Vol. 82
Project Editor

Michael L. LaBlanc

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Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of LC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN LC, VOLUME 82, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v. 23, Winter, 1999. Reproduced by permission.—American Literature,

v. 19, 1947–48; v. 43, January, 1972; v. 45, November, 1973. Reproduced by permission.—American Quarterly, v. 28, Autumn, 1976. Reproduced by permission.—Clio, v. 24, Fall, 1994, for “Cannibalism and Infant Killing: A System of ‘Demonizing’ Motifs in Indian Captivity Narratives,” by Colin Ramsey. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Dutch Crossing, v. 48, Autumn, 1992. Reproduced by permission.—Early American Literature, v. 31, Winter, 1996. Reproduced by permission.—Eighteenth-Century Life 21, v. 21, November 1997. Reproduced by permission.— ELH, v. 59, Winter, 1992; v. 64, Winter, 1997. Reproduced by permission.—Man and Nature/L’Homme et La Nature, v. 10, 1991. Reproduced by permission.—Philological Quarterly, v. 74, 1995 for “Thomas Warton’s Observations on the ‘Faerie Queene’ of Spenser, Samuel Johnson’s ‘History of the English Language,’ and Warton’s ‘History of English Poetry: Reciprocal Indebtedness?’” by Gwin J. Kolb and Robert DeMaria, Jr. Reproduced by permission of the authors.— Renaissance Forum, v. 3, Spring, 1998 for “Barker and the Tree of Knowledge at Cambridge University,” by James Fitzmaurice. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, v. 2, Fall, 1983. © 1983, The University of Tulsa. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, 1916. Reproduced by permission.—University of Toronto Quarterly, v. 60, Summer, 1991. Reproduced by permission.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN LC, VOLUME 82, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Ebersole, Gary L. From Captured by Texts: Puritan to Postmodern Images of Indian Captivity. University of Virginia Press, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by University of Virginia Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Fairer, David. From an Introduction to The Correspondence of Thomas Warton. The University of Georgia Press, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by The University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Goldsmith, M. M. From Mandeville and Augustan Ideas: New Essays. English Literary Studies, University of Victoria, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by English Literary Studies, University of Victoria. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.— Goldsmith, M. M. From Private Vices, Public Benefits: Bernard Mandeville’s Social and Political Thought. Second Edition. Cybereditions, 2002. Copyright © 2002 M. M. Goldsmith. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Gunn, J. A. W. From Mandeville and Augustan Ideas: New Essays. English Literary Studies, University of Victoria, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by English Literary Studies, University of Victoria. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Hopkins, Robert H. From Mandeville Studies: New Explorations in the Art and Thought of Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). Martinus Nijhoff, 1975. Copyright © 1975 by Martinus Nijhoff. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Hundert, E. G. From The Enlightenment’s Fable: Bernard Mandeville and the Discovery of Society. Cambridge University Press, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Jack, M. R. From Mandeville Studies: New Explorations in the Art and Thought of Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). Martinus Nijhoff, 1975. Copyright © 1975 by Martinus Nijhoff. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—King, Kathryn R. From Jane Barker, Exile: A Literary Career, 1675-1725. Clarendon Press, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Clarendon Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—King, Kathryn R. From Introduction to The Poems of Jane Barker: The Magdalen Manuscript. Magdalen College, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Magdalene College. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.— Monro, Hector. From The Ambivalence of Bernard Mandeville. Clarendon Press, 1975. Copyright © 1975 by Clarendon Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Namias, June. From White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American

Frontier. The University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Copyright © 1993 by The University of North Carolina Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Pittock, Joan. From The Ascendancy of Taste: The Achievement of Joseph and Thomas Warton. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973. Copyright © 1973 by Routledge and Kegan Paul. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Rogers, Pat. From Medieval Literature and Antiquities: Studies in Honour of Basil Cottle. D. S. Brewer, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by D. S. Brewer. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Schneider, Louis. From Paradox and Society: The Work of Bernard Mandeville. Transaction Books, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by Transaction Books. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Spencer, Jane. From Jane Barker. Basil Blackwell, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by Basil Blackwell. Reproduced by permission of Blackwell Publishers.—Vaughan, Alden T. and Edward W. Clark. From Puritans among the Indians: Accounts of Captivity and Redemption: 1676-1724. The Belknap Press of Harvard Press, 1981. Copyright © 1981 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Reproduced by permission.—Williamson, Marilyn L. From Raising Their Voices: British Women Writers, 16501750. Wayne State University Press, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Wayne State University Press. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS APPEARING IN LC, VOLUME 82, WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

Rowlandson, Mary White, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Smith, John, photograph. The Library of Congress.

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