Addison (1919) - Couverture souple

Courthope, William J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1164014374 ISBN 13 : 9781164014379

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Addison is a biography written by William J. Courthope and published in 1919. The book tells the story of Joseph Addison, an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician who lived during the 17th and 18th centuries. Courthope explores Addison's life and career, from his early years in Oxford to his rise to prominence as a writer and statesman in London. The book also delves into Addison's personal relationships, including his friendship with Richard Steele and his marriage to Charlotte Rich. Through a detailed examination of Addison's writings, Courthope provides insight into his literary style and the themes that preoccupied him throughout his career. Overall, Addison is a comprehensive and engaging biography that sheds light on one of England's most important literary figures.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

English men of letters whose writings most fully embody the spirit of the eighteenth century the one who provides the biographer with the scantiest materials is A ddison. In his Journal to Stella, his social verses, and his letters to his friends, we have a vivid picture of those relations with women and that protracted suffering which invest with such tragic interest the history of Swift Pope by the publication of his own correspond ence, has enabled us, in a way that he never intended, to understand the strange moral twist which distorted a nature by no means devoid of noble instincts. (J ohnson) was fortunate in the companionship of perhaps the best biographer who ever lived. Butof the real life and character of Addison scarcely any contemporary record remains. The formal narrative prefixed to his works by Tickell is, by that writers own admission, little more than a bibliography.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1164014374
• ISBN 13: 9781164014379
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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