Great Age of the English Essay

(Part of the The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Series)

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A collection of outstanding British periodical essays from the era in which the genre was invented

From the pens of spectators, ramblers, idlers, tattlers, hypochondriacs, connoisseurs, and loungers, a new literary genre emerged in eighteenth-century England: the periodical essay. Situated between classical rhetoric and the novel, the English essay challenged the borders between fiction and nonfiction prose and helped forge the tastes...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300141963

ISBN13:9780300141962

Release Date:September 2008

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature Essays Essays & Correspondence History & Criticism Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Writing Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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