Letters of William Cowper - Couverture souple

Benham, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1443711705 ISBN 13 : 9781443711708

Editeur : Read Books, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Two men of mark in English Literature, Southey and Alexander Smith, have called Cowper the best of English letter-writers, and few will be found to challenge this opinion. The charm of Cowper sletters, like that of his poetry, lies first of all in his naturalness and sincerity. He writes simply because he has something to say, or because he loves his correspondent, and has no idea of posing for effect. He never dreamt of his letters being published when he wrote them. It was so with his first poems. He wrote to drive away melancholy, or to amuse his friends, and carelessly sent the last piece written to whatever friend he happened to be addressing, and was nearly fifty years old before the idea of publishing any of these pieces was suggested to him. His letters, then, are the simple statement of whatever he has in his mind; written in pure and beautiful English; full of the information and refined taste of a well-read man; overflowing now with humour, now with deep religious feeling, for both were natural to him. It follows, as a matter of course, that they are deeply interesting as materials for the biography of the poet, though here one caution is needed.
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Letters of William Cowper is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1913. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1443711705
• ISBN 13: 9781443711708
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible