Addison - Brossura

Courthope, William

 
9781108034425: Addison

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

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Descrizione del libro

Written by scholar W. J. Courthope (1842–1917), this 1884 biography recounts the life of writer and politician Joseph Addison (1672–1719) the co-founder of The Spectator, contextualising a writer whose periodical essays were still widely read and enjoyed in the late nineteenth century.

Contenuti

1. The state of English society and letters after the Restoration; 2. Addison's family and education; 3. Addison on his travels; 4. His employment in affairs of state; 5. The Tatler and Spectator; 6. Cato; 7. Addison's quarrel with Pope; 8. The last years of his life; 9. The genius of Addison.

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