Essays Of Joseph Addison - Couverture souple

Addison, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410212645 ISBN 13 : 9781410212641

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2004

Synopsis

CONTENTS Introduction Sir Roger de Coverley The Tattler's Court Stateswomen Humours of the Town Tales and Allegories The Court of Honour Country Humours Humours of Fashion Various Essays

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Présentation de l'éditeur

We commonly regard the A ge of the Revolution as an age of military exploits and political changes, an age whose warlike glories locfm dimly through the smoke of Blenheim or of Ramillies, and the greatness of whose political issues still impresses us, though we track them with difficulty through a chaos of treasons and cabals. But to the men who lived in it the age was far more than this, jT othem the Revolution was more than a merely jpolitical revolution ;it was the recognition not only of Ja change in the relations of the nation to its rulers, but of changes almost as great in English society and in English intelligence. If it was the age of theB ill of Rights, it was the age also of theS pectator. If Marlborough andS omers had their share in shaping the new England that came of 1688, so also had Addison andS teele. And to the bulk of people it may be doubted whether the change that passed over literature was not more startling and more interesting than the change that passed over politics. Few changes, indeed, have ever been so radical and complete. Literature suddenly doffed its stately garb of folio or octavo, and stepped abroad in the light and easy dress of pamphlet and essay.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410212645
• ISBN 13: 9781410212641
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible