Dlb 104 - British Prose Writers, 1660-1800, Second Series

The diverse intellectual and artistic achievements of this century and a half are reflected in the lives and works covered in this volume. It was in this period that British writers began to move away from formally structured prose, creating a revolution in style that laid the foundations of contemporary prose style. Also, with much of the nonfiction of this time serving as how-to manuals on the art of living, a great many insights remain valid in our age. This collection covers writers such as David Hume, who was characteristically talented in a variety of disciplines. Best-known as a great philosopher, he framed the eras scientific discoveries and liberated thinking with his artful essays on everything from manners and tragedy to economics and history. 24 entries include: James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Oliver Goldsmith, Sir John Hawkins, Samuel Johnson, Catherine Macaulay, Thomas Percy, Hester Lynch, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole, John Wesley and Mary Wollstonecraft.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Matthew J. Bruccoli, Gale Cengage, Donald Siebert
• Con la collaborazione di: Donald Siebert (Editore)
• Editore: Gale
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.1991
• EAN: 9780810345843
• ISBN: 978-0-8103-4584-3
• Pagine: 380
• Dimensioni: 213 mm x 279 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata