The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners; With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage: Volume 16

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ISBN 10: 0371772451 / ISBN 13: 9780371772454

Published by HardPress Ltd, 1802

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners; With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage: Volume 16
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 1802
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371772451
• ISBN 13: 9780371772454
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men And Manners; With Strictures On Their Epitome, The Stage. This item presents a December 1803 issue of The Monthly Mirror, a broad miscellany of literary criticism, drama commentary, poetry, history, correspondence, and cultural notes characteristic of early 19th?century British print culture. It surveys literary resemblance and imitation, contemplates the nature and purpose of tragedy, and debates the boundaries between originality and plagiarism. The issue features extensive theatre criticism of London and provincial productions, reflections on public taste, stagecraft, and the economics of the theatre, alongside essays on tutoring, daily life, and instructional discipline. Biographical sketches and letters illuminate figures such as William Cowper and James Boaden; antiquarian notices on London’s memory and historical persons; Hindoo studies and religious reflection; and a substantial corpus of original poetry and translations, including elegies, ballads, and devotional pieces. Notable names appear across the menu: Cowper, Bloomfield, Berwick, Ovid, Aristides, Thalia, Molière, Southey, Amadis of Gaul, and Dr. Blair’s dramatic theory. The pages reflect Napoleonic?era London literary culture, theatre life, and a broad European literary conversation, united in a compilation rather than a single narrative arc.