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Ronald P. Frye & Co. consistently garners new titles for publication. Below are our latest acquisitions and titles for purchase:
Poems, &c. by Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well-known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, she hosted a brilliant literary society in her cottage at Hampstead. Baillie died at the age of 88, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last.
A Vindication of the Press by Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe, born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and is among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism.
The Busie Body by Susanna Centilivre
Susanna Centilivre was an English poet and actress and one of the premier dramatists of the 18th century. During her long career at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane she became known as the Second Woman of the English Stage after Aphra Behn. Her success was so great that David Garrick chose one of her plays in which to make his farewell performance. Her comic plays involve extraordinary plots that near the level of farce, and her tragedies and romances usually feature an oppressive father who stands in the way of happiness. She was also a political dramatist who not only allied herself with Whig authors, but who took deliberate pains to strike out at Tories and their causes.