Marius & Delia, or, a pleasant & profitable history of the times / by D. M., attributed to Deborah Milton ; definitive text with critical commentary edited by Margo Quigley.

Author/creator Milton, Deborah author.
Other author Quigley, Margo, editor.
Format Book
Publication[United States] : SpringStreet Books, 2021.
Descriptionxlix, 293 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Variant title Marius and Delia
Abstract A masterpiece of early modern prose fiction, Marius & Delia was lost to readers for 300 years. Published without an imprint in the mid-1690s, the title page of Marius & Delia identified the author only by the initials D. M. A handwritten attribution on the only known surviving copy credited the work to Deborah Milton, daughter of poet and polemicist John Milton. Marius & Delia draws together elements from picaresque fiction, Cervantes, Jonson and Restoration comedy to create a unified narrative centered upon a father-daughter relationship, played out against a realistic backdrop of late 17th-century political turmoil-featuring plots and counterplots, peopled by counterfeiters, con artists, alchemists, would-be regicides and "all-cause rogues." --Back cover.
ISBN1735795704 (paperback)
ISBN9781735795706 (paperback)

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Joyner General Stacks PR5021.M63 M37 2021 ✔ Available Place Hold