Date of Award
Summer 2025
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Department
English Language and Literatures
First Advisor
Andrew Shifflett
Abstract
Sir Richard Blackmore, a court physician under William III, was a prolific and controversial writer. His first published poem in English was the heroick epic Prince Arthur, which was hugely popular in his own day and went through 3 editions in 2 years. Today, however, no modern edition of Prince Arthur exists, as the last edition was published in 1714. This new critical edition presents a reading text of the poem and Blackmore’s Preface based on the first 3 editions. To aid the modern reader, an introduction gives a brief biography of Blackmore and situates the poem within both its poetic and political contexts, as well as laying bare the allegory celebrating William III that lies at the heart of the poem.
Rights
© 2025, Daniel Maycock
Recommended Citation
Maycock, D.(2025). Blackmore's Prince Arthur. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/8402