List of works with the subtitle "Virtue Rewarded"
This is a chronological list of works with the subtitle "Virtue Rewarded".
In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title that usually offers a generalization or moral drawn from the work's plot. Subtitles were a common feature of English literary works of the 17th and 18th centuries, especially plays. In the early 17th century, this convention was at times made light of, as in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or, What You Will; while in the 18th century, subtitles would often make a more serious moral point, even in case of comic works.[original research?]
The "Virtue Rewarded" subtitle has been used by a variety of books as a reminder or boast to the reader that the neoclassical principle of poetic justice will be upheld by the plot. With changing cultural perceptions in the 20th-century, the use of this subtitle diminished as a serious form. In academic discourse in the 20th century, subtitles began to be full explanations of the subject of a work, while the title itself was a gnomic or cryptically poetic phrase. This reliance upon the subtitle is part of the comic density of literary reference brought into play in the Anatomy of Melancholy by Cook et al., implying that dissertation-writing is governed both by the poetic justice principle—virtue rewarded—and by the depressive symptoms described in Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (1622).
This list is a compilation of works whose full subtitle is "Virtue Rewarded". Thus The Crafty Chambermaid, or, Beauty and Virtue Rewarded (London, 1800) does not qualify, nor does Virtue Rewarded, or, The Faithful Lady (London, 1795).
| Author | Title | Genre | Year | Story | Virtuous person | Virtue | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Shadwell | Irish Hospitality, or, Virtue Rewarded | Play | 1720 | Sir Patrick Worthy helps his children and neighbours. | middle-aged Irish squire | good nature, thoughtful fatherhood | chorus of praise, children well settled |
| Samuel Richardson | Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded | Novel | 1740 | Pamela rebuffs her aristocratic would-be seducer. | 15-year-old lady's maid | humility and embattled chastity | grand marriage to aforesaid would-be seducer |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning | "Sebastian, or, Virtue Rewarded" | Poem | 1815 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Eliza Pope | Henry and Julietta, or, Virtue Rewarded: A Tale, Founded on Fact[1] | Novel | 1818 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| M. Bryant | My Uncle’s Present, or, Virtue Rewarded[2] | Collection of moral tales | 1820 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| John Charles Tarver | James, or, Virtue Rewarded[3] | Novel | 1896 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Winifred Phelps | Temptation Sordid, or, Virtue Rewarded, A Melodrama | Play | 1960 | Two lovers defeat the machinations of a fortunehunter. | a pure-hearted young couple | resistance of diabolical wiles | union of love over dead bodies of enemies |
| David R. Slavitt (Henry Sutton) | Rochelle, or, Virtue Rewarded[4] | Erotic fiction | 1966 | A young woman resists the lure of vice. | dull but virtuous girl | ? | ? |
| Stanley Cook, William J. Sullivan, Fred Moramarco | Anatomy of Melancholy, or, Virtue Rewarded: The Making of the Dissertation[5] | Textbook | 1969 | A doctoral dissertation gets written. | the dissertation-writer | work ethic, overcoming writer's cramp | Ph.D. |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Catalog entry. WorldCat. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
- ↑ Catalog entry. WorldCat. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on May 26, 2007. Full text available on Google Books.
- ↑ Publisher's blurb for Rochelle, or, Virtue Rewarded, unknown edition. Retrieved 12 September 2005.
- ↑ Catalog entry. WorldCat. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
References
- Samuel French Inc. description in book catalogue of Temptation Sordid, or, Virtue Rewarded, at www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved 12 September 2005.
- New York Public Library catalogue description of Barrett, "Sebastian, or, Virtue Rewarded". Retrieved 11 October 2005.
- "Shadwell, Charles", in Highfill et al. (1973–93), Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800. 16 volumes. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press.
- Shadwell, Charles, Irish Hospitality, or, Virtue Rewarded is available, through subscription only, in the Chadwyck-Healey English Drama collection. Retrieved 11 October 2005.
- Watt, Ian (1957). The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding. London: Chatto & Windus. Contains a classic sociological study of Pamela.
