Collected Letters of Oliver Goldsmith

Originally published in 1928, this book contains a collection of letters by the playwright and author Oliver Goldmith.

List of contents

Introduction: 1. Goldsmith and his family; 2. The adventure upon Fiddleback; 3. Goldsmith's East India plan; 4. The Threnodia Augustalis; 5. The production of She Stoops to Conquer; 6. The text; Letters; Appendix I. Doubtful letters; Appendix II. Forged letters; Appendix III. The text of Mrs Hodson's narrative of Goldsmith's early life; List of correspondents, alphabetically arranged; Index.

Summary

Originally published in 1928, this book contains a collection of letters by the playwright and author Oliver Goldmith, author of She Stoops to Conquer and The Vicar of Wakefield, written between 1752 and 1774. Balderston includes letters which only exist in a fragmentary form, as well as doubtful and forged letters.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine C. Balderston
• Assisted by: Katharine Balderston (Editor), Katharine C. Balderston (Editor), Balderston Katharine C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107497580
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49758-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Diaries, letters & journals, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Diaries, letters and journals