by several Hands,
The Court of Atalantis (London: J. Roberts, 1714).

Description

Titlepage/ p.i-vi dedication: Richard Temple/ 1-151/ p.153-26 [recte: 177] »Æsculapius«/ p.179-310/ [2] pp. Contents/ 8°.

Shelf-marks

*{L: 1470.b.30} {NA:MH: 15496.195} {NA:ICN: Case.Y.1565.C8809}.

Bibliographical Reference

ESTC: t100473.

Microfilm

RP: reel 3046, no. 5.

History of publication

The Title alludes to the sucessfull Atalantis (1709). it integrates "Æsculapius or the Hospital of Fools" by William Walsh (1663-1708) - of which edition with identical pagination was also sold in the appendix of Poems and Translations by Several Hands (London: J. Pemberton, 1714), *{L: 11623.cc.10}.

	a	The Court of Atalantis (London: J. Roberts, 1714). [Reprint: ed. M. F. Shugrue (New York/ London, 1973).]
	b	Court Tales: or, a History of the Amours of the Present Nobility (London: J. Roberts, 1717).
	c	[...] Second Edition (London: E. Curll, 1720).
	d	Second Edition (London, 1732). {L: G.16497}

Reprint

Remarks

The title did not really fit (and his hence exchanged for one with less political connotations); The book does not offer a coherent action, individual headlines like »Julio«, »Cloe and Claudius« etc., structure it. All the stories are told with a certain distance of the narrators voices towards their subjects. Stylistically three "hands" and parts can be seperated: The first consists of elegant summaries of recent stories. p.153-78: William Walsh's satire with numerous voices. Thirdly longer stories with complex plots and poems included - dealing with marraige arrangements and reaching sometimes tragic constellations of emoitional ties and conflicting interests.

Literature

in M. F. Shugrue (New York/ London, 1973).

o.s.

by several Hands, The Court of Atalantis (London: J. Roberts, 1714).