Edmund Curll (1683-1747) was one-man publishing firm, a figure notorious in his day and something of a comic figure ever since thanks to his enmity with Alexander Pope. This is the first full scholarly biography of his life, and gives a lively, unbiased, and accurate account of Curll's varied and distinctive publishing output.
Edmund Curll (1683-1747) was one-man publishing firm, a figure notorious in his day and something of a comic figure ever since thanks to his enmity with Alexander Pope. This is the first full scholarly biography of his life, and gives a lively, unbiased, and accurate account of Curll's varied and distinctive publishing output.
Paul Baines graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1983 and was awarded a PhD by the University of Bristol in 1998. He has held posts at the University of London and St. John's College Oxford and has taught at the University of Liverpool since 1990. Pat Rogers, DeBartolo Professor in the Liberal Arts at the University of South Florida, has held teaching posts at the universities of Cambridge, London, Wales, and Bristol.
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Introduction 1: Beginnings: 1683-1706 2: In Business: 1707-1710 3: The Four Last Years of Queen Anne: 1710-1714 4: Trading Blows: 1714-1716 5: The Devil's Scout: 1716-1718 6: Curlicism Displayed: 1717-1720 7: Antiquities and Politics: 1717-1722 8: Trials: 1722-1728 9: Tribulations: 1726-1728 10: The Dunciad: 1728-1730 11: Going it Alone: 1728-1732 12: Covent Garden Drollery: 1732-1734 13: Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence: 1734-1736 14: Gold from Dirt: 1737-1742 15: Closing the Books: 1741-1747 Afterword Appendix 1: Curll's Will Appendix 2: Curll's Payments to Authors
