The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Richard Steele

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-19

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780483434349

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Excerpt from The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., Vol. 3 Tl l [s (given you a certain Dignity peen har to your prelim Situation, and makes the l'.tllllly, even ol a Lord High Chancellor, appeal I-ut a Degree the Magnanio why of a l'etr oi firml [bu/um. 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 Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq., Vol. 3
The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq., Vol. 3

Author: Richard Steele

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-20

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780483496477

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Excerpt from The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq., Vol. 3: Revised and Corrected by the Author Honour to fhow my Veneration for tranfcendent Merit, under my own Name, in this Addrefs to your Lord fixip. The jufi Application of there high Accompliihments of which you are Mafter, has been an Ad vantage to all your Fellow Subjeas; and it is from the common Obli garion you have laid upon all the World, that I, though a private Man, can pretend to 'be efi'eacd with, or take the Liberty to ao knowledge youu great Talents and publick Virtues. 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.

Book Auction Records
Book Auction Records

Author: Frank Karslake

Publisher:

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 980

ISBN-13:

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A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.

A Cosmography of Man
A Cosmography of Man

Author: Theresa Schön

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-01-20

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 3110612135

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Designed to reform contemporary British society, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele’s The Tatler (1709-1711) and The Spectator (1711-1712, 1714) rely heavily on the representation of contemporary manners. In shaping such behavioural images, the authors made use of the satirical character sketch. Their character sketches (re)create social interactions between fictionalised representatives of moral types of men and women located in contemporary London. This study examines how Addison and Steele employed the character sketch to create a ‘cosmography’ of (wo)man by actively engaging with the observational approaches of contemporary naturalists. Addison and Steele adapted distinctly empirical methods (e.g. induction and deduction, note taking, repeated and collective observation) and appropriated the (medico-legal) case study to communicate and disseminate socio-moral knowledge. At the same time, the character sketch served them as a means to establish a taxonomic order of the socio-moral knowledge conveyed in the texts. The study sheds new light on the literary techniques and the methodological frameworks of two journals essentially associated with the British - and the European - Enlightenment.

The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 1, Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century
The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 1, Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century

Author: Angela Wright

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-08-06

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 1316999645

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This first volume of The Cambridge History of the Gothic provides a rigorous account of the Gothic in Western civilisation, from the Goths' sacking of Rome in 410 AD through to its manifestations in British and European culture of the long eighteenth century. Written by international cast of leading scholars, the chapters explore the interdisciplinary nature of the Gothic in the fields of history, literature, architecture and fine art. As much a cultural history of Gothic as an account of the ways in which the Gothic has participated within a number of formative historical events across time, the volume offers fresh perspectives on familiar themes while also drawing new critical attention to a range of hitherto overlooked concerns. From writers such as Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe to eighteenth-century politics and theatre, the volume provides a thorough and engaging overview of early Gothic culture in Britain and beyond.