The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers from the Spectator - Couverture souple

Addison, Joseph; Steele, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0898759307 ISBN 13 : 9780898759303

Editeur : Univ Pr of the Pacific, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Roger de Coverley

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Spectator and its A uthors. One may read the Sir Roger de Coverley Papers or the Spectator and enjoy them, without much knowledge of their author. It is true that Addison himself says that particulars as to complexion and disposition and station in life conduce very much to the right understanding of an author. But that was a bit of his humor :the real thing of value is what the author says. Franklin got as much good out of the Spectator as most people have :he learned from it how to write and how to argue, and learned to do both things better than any other American of his day. Yet he had, at first, only a stray volume which he picked up at the bookstall, with little or no information as to the author. And the people for whom the Spectator was originally written, had generally very slight knowledge of the authors of the speculations thab amused and interested them, in spite of the careful information given them at the outset. But although it is liot a necessity, we can certainly gain an additional enjoyment by knowing something of the authors of this remarkable periodical, and, we may add, of the time in which it was written and of its place in literature. Addison is a famous name in English literature, and Steele is a name only less famous. The A ge of Queen A nne is a famous period, even if not quite so absolutely perfect as it seemed to itself. And the Spectator has been a remarkable force in literature; indeed, much of what we read is what it is by its influence. Addison and Steele. Of the two authors of the Sir Roger de Coverley papers the greater was Joseph A ddison. His life was a typical case No8, 116 and 331 were written by Eustace Biidgell,
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Univ Pr of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0898759307
• ISBN 13: 9780898759303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible