Thomas Durfey’s Love for Money, or The Boarding School (1691) - A Critical Edition

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A critical edition of Thomas Durfey’s play Love for Money, or The Boarding School (1691), prepared as an author-accepted manuscript published by Peter Lang in March 2023. The work presents a structured editorial apparatus including acknowledgements, a note on bibliographical references, abbreviations, and a detailed introduction covering the author, the play, its stage history, and the text itself. Supporting materials include an appendix and a comprehensive works-cited section, ensuring consistent citation practices and terminology for scholarly reading.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages146

Reading Time3 h 45 min

AccessFree to download

Acknowledgements

A note on bibliographical references

Abbreviations

Introduction

The author

The play

Stage history

The text

Love for Money, or The Boarding School

Appendix

Works Cited

Author accepted manuscript. Published Peter Lang, March 2023. DOI: 10.3726/b20289 María José Mora and Manuel J. Gómez-Lara (eds.) Thomas Durfey’s Love for Money, or The Boarding School (1691) A Critical Edition Table of Contents Acknowledgements A note on bibliographical references Abbreviations Introduction 1. The author 2. The play 2.1. The beginnings of Durfey’s dramatic career 2.2. Love for Money and comedy after the Glorious Revolution 3. Stage history 4. The text Love for Money, or The Boarding School Appendix Works Cited Acknowledgements We should like to thank a number of colleagues and friends who have provided their help at different stages in the process of preparation of this edition: Manuel Bruña, Rocío Corral García, Victoria Echegaray Mitar, Julia Fernández Cuesta, Marta Jiménez Beato, Paula de Pando, Rafael Portillo, Juan A. Prieto-Pablos, Nora Rodríguez Loro and Mercedes Salvador. The publication of this critical edition has been made possible by the funding provided by the Junta de Andalucía (Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades) and the ERDF Operational Programme 2014–2020, project ref. US-1380970 . Their support is hereby gratefully acknowledged. A note on bibliographical references Dates given for plays are those of première, followed by publication (e.g. 1678; 1679) . By default, quotations from plays are followed by act, scene and line number (e.g. 1.1.136–37). When the editions we are using do not number lines, page number is given instead (5.2, p. 63) . Citations from critical texts are followed by page number only, or by year of publication and page number when more than one work by the same author(s) has been cited (e.g. Milhous and Hume 1987: 103) . When the text cited appears in a multivolume work, volume number precedes and is separated from page number by colon (e.g. Baker et al. 1: 212) . Full details for all the works cited appear in the list of References. Abbreviations adj. adv. c. ca. B Canting Crew D derog. euph. fig. Fr. int Intro. MS n. N. S. OED O. S. prob. pron. prov. Qs.d. usu. v. adjective adverb century circa broadside A New Dictionary ... of the Canting Crew duodecimo edition derogatory, derogatorily euphemistic, euphemistically figurative, figuratively French interjection Introduction manuscript noun New Style (i.e., Gregorian calendar) Oxford English Dictionary Old Style (i.e., Julian Calendar) probably pronoun proverbial quarto edition stage direction usually verb

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What play does this critical edition focus on?

It focuses on Thomas Durfey’s Love for Money, or The Boarding School (1691).

What sections are included to support scholarly use?

The edition includes acknowledgements, a note on bibliographical references, abbreviations, an introduction, an appendix, and a works-cited list.

How does the edition specify citation formats for plays and critical texts?

Play quotations are given by act, scene, and line numbers by default, with page numbers when line numbering is absent. Critical-text citations use page number only, or publication year plus page number when multiple works are cited.

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