Dialogues of the Dead, and Other Works in Prose and Verse (Classic Reprint)
Dialogues of the Dead, and Other Works in Prose and Verse (Classic Reprint)

Author: Matthew Prior

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-11-22

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780267290178

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Excerpt from Dialogues of the Dead, and Other Works in Prose and Verse And we must now Congratulate him this Felicity, that there is no Pag 87. See? Or Denomination of Christians, whom he has not abused. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tales of the Dead
Tales of the Dead

Author: John Heneage Jesse

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-04-16

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780259312611

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Excerpt from Tales of the Dead: And Other Poems IT was in the still and beautiful hour of an Italian sunset that I sat with the young Contessa di F of friends, on the fairy banks of the Lago Maggiore. As it has been my chief delight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The City of the Dead, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)
The City of the Dead, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Author: Andrew Dickinson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780483701113

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Excerpt from The City of the Dead, and Other Poems A writer who leaves the safe shelter of the anonymous, and emerges into the open regions of avowed authorship, naturally desires to propitiate those whom curiosity or an abundance of leisure may induce to read his lines. In this desire, the Author of the following Poems participates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800

Author: Jelena Krostovic

Publisher: Literature Criticism from 1400

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 9780787624132

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Annotation Comprehensive critical coverage of the works of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration eras. A cumulative title index is published separately (included in subscription).

The Skeptical Sublime
The Skeptical Sublime

Author: James Noggle

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0195142454

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This title examines the role of scepticism in initiating the idea of the sublime in early modern British literature. James Noggle draws on philosophy, intellectual history, and critical theory to illuminate the aesthetic ideology of Pope, Swift, Dryden, and Rochester among other import ant writers of the period. "The Skeptical Sublime" compares the view of sublimity presented by these authors with that of the dominant, liberal tradition of 18th-century criticism to offer a new understanding of how these writers helped construct proto-aesthetic categories that stabilized British culture after years of civil war and revolution, while at the same time their scepticism allowed them to express ambivalence about the emerging social order