Author:William Congreve
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William Congreve
Works
Comedies
- Incognita; or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd (1692)
- The Double Dealer (1693)
- The Old Bachelor (1693)
- Love for Love (1695)
- The Way of the World (1700)
Tragic dramas
- The Mourning Bride (1697) (transcription project)
Poems
- "False though She be"
- "A Hue and Cry after Fair Amoret"
- "On Mrs. Arabella Hunt Singing"
- "A Ballad on Quadrille" (c. 1726)
Works about Congreve
- "William Congreve," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (pp. 21−25), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698)
- "William Congreve," in The lives of the most eminent English poets (1783), by Samuel Johnson, Volume 3, pp. 39–61
- Life of William Congreve (1888) excerpt
- Mr. Congreve, short biography of the author by The New York Times (September 16 1888)NYT, PDF
- "Congreve, William (1670-1729)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Congreve", in Miscellanies (1886) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Congreve, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Congreve, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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