Addison - Couverture souple

Courthope, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 110803442X ISBN 13 : 9781108034425

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This 1884 biography of Joseph Addison focuses particularly on the literary life and works of the co-founder of The Spectator.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

W. J. Courthope's biography of politician and writer Joseph Addison (1672–1719) was published in 1884 in the first series of English Men of Letters. Educated at Harrow and Oxford, Courthope (1842–1917) was elected fellow of the British Academy in 1907. His scholarly works include a biography and edition of the works of Alexander Pope. This work begins not with an account of Addison's birth and childhood but instead with an essay on 'The State of English Society and Letters after the Restoration', contextualising a writer whose periodical essays were still widely read and enjoyed in the late nineteenth century. The book focuses more on Addison's literary career than his political activity in support of the Whigs, devoting chapters to his work for The Tatler, The Spectator (which he co-founded with Richard Steele) and The Guardian, his tragedy Cato, and his notorious quarrel with Pope.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 110803442X
• ISBN 13: 9781108034425
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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