Selected Letters - Couverture rigide

Walpole, Horace

 
9781841593500: Selected Letters
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1841593508 ISBN 13 : 9781841593500
Editeur : Everyman, 2017

Synopsis

Author of the first gothic novel and son of the first prime minister of Great Britain, Horace Walpole had wide-ranging interests that included literature, politics, world affairs, collecting, antiquities, and architecture, and to his numerous correspondents he wrote on these and other topics in prose that is celebrated for its charm, eloquence, and wit. This new Everyman's edition offers an extensive selection of Walpole's letters, helpfully arranged by subject so the reader can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. This edition offers new annotations throughout, with introductions to its various sections and a general introduction on Walpole as a letter writer. In addition, the text of the letters has been corrected and previously excised passages have been restored.

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À propos de l?auteur

Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, also known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, south-west London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Author of the first gothic novel and son of the first prime minister of Great Britain, Horace Walpole had wide-ranging interests that included literature, politics, world affairs, collecting, antiquities, and architecture, and to his numerous correspondents he wrote on these and other topics in prose that is celebrated for its charm, eloquence, and wit. This new Everyman's edition offers an extensive selection of Walpole's letters, helpfully arranged by subject so the reader can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. This edition offers new annotations throughout, with introductions to its various sections and a general introduction on Walpole as a letter writer. In addition, the text of the letters has been corrected and previously excised passages have been restored.

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Éditeur
Everyman
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1841593508
ISBN 13 
9781841593500
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
704
Éditeur
Hadley William
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0300016697 ISBN 13 :  9780300016697
Editeur : Yale University Press, 1973
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