The Ingoldsby Legends - Couverture souple

Ingoldsby, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 095584780X ISBN 13 : 9780955847806

Editeur : Basiljet Books, 2008

Synopsis

When Allan Quatermain, the colonial adventurer-explorer of H. Rider Haggard's novel 'King Solomon's Mines', is in need of either comfort or wisdom, he turns to the pages of 'The Ingoldsby Legends'. Originally published in 'Bentley's Miscellany', the collected 'Ingoldsby Legends' of 1840 was to be found on the shelves of any respectable private library. Myths, legends, and stories of ghosts are the quarry of a mind that strides effortlessly between humorous parody of medieval folklore and the Goliardic satire of individuals and institutions. But, perhaps more importantly, this 'lost' classic of the middle Victorian world provides a valuable insight into the imagination of a people who were to build the largest empire that the world had ever seen. This beautiful scholarly edition contains over twenty plates by some of England's best-known satirical cartoonists of the day. It is edited and introduced by G.A.R. Hamilton.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Introduction It is sometimes said that a piece of literature needs no introduction beyond a table of dates; but the rule can hardly be insisted upon in the case of the Ingoldsby Legends, for it has been roundly denied that they are literature at all. It would be interesting to know the exact moment at which the advocatus diaboli succeeded in turning the judges to this view. The verdict was finally recorded in 1903, when two very capable critics Dr. Richard Garnett and Mr. Edmund Gosse published a weighty four-volume Record of Engfish Literature, in which all authors worthy of the name were treated at a length proportioned to their value. The lowest in the scale was G. P. R. James, who received a notice some nine words long; but the Ingoldsby Legends and their author were left with Calverley and Locker Lampson among the still lower class whose names are never mentioned at all. A gainst this exclusion I protest. I do not hold a brief for Father I ngoldsby.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basiljet Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 095584780X
• ISBN 13: 9780955847806
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 700
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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