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The Phanaticks
Archibald Pitcairne
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Description for The Phanaticks
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First modern edition of a highly provocative Scottish drama. Written at the very end of the seventeenth century, The Phanaticks (previously known as The Assembly) satirises in dramatic form contemporary political and religious affairs, presenting some well-known figures in thethinnest of disguises. Overtly a comedy about two young women opposed by such forces as the Governer of Edinburgh Castle (Lord Huffy), it is an excoriating attack on the hypocrisy and political chicanery of Scottish religious sects, alongside its romance and sexual innuendo. The author, Archibald Pitcairne, was a celebrated physician and wit; this work demonstrates his talent for controversy ... Read more
First modern edition of a highly provocative Scottish drama. Written at the very end of the seventeenth century, The Phanaticks (previously known as The Assembly) satirises in dramatic form contemporary political and religious affairs, presenting some well-known figures in thethinnest of disguises. Overtly a comedy about two young women opposed by such forces as the Governer of Edinburgh Castle (Lord Huffy), it is an excoriating attack on the hypocrisy and political chicanery of Scottish religious sects, alongside its romance and sexual innuendo. The author, Archibald Pitcairne, was a celebrated physician and wit; this work demonstrates his talent for controversy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781897976357
SKU
V9781897976357
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Reviews for The Phanaticks
[T]his fine edition will prompt scholars to ask new-albeit potentially insoluble-questions about Pitcairne and Scottish culture in the 1690s.
SCRIBLERIAN
[A] richly erudite edition. . A landmark volume of such rigour, ingenuity and thoroughness...this is virtuoso scholarship.
JOURNAL OF SCOTTISH HISTORICAL STUDIES
SCRIBLERIAN
[A] richly erudite edition. . A landmark volume of such rigour, ingenuity and thoroughness...this is virtuoso scholarship.
JOURNAL OF SCOTTISH HISTORICAL STUDIES