Thackeray's English Humourists and Four GeorgesUniversity of Delaware Press, 1985 - 278 pagine Thackeray's only two series of public lectures gave an important new dimension to his public presence and to his contemporary reputation as a literary artist. This is the first book on these lecture-essays. |
Sommario
List of Abbreviations and Symbols | 9 |
Note on the Text | 14 |
Swift | 35 |
Congreve and Addison | 55 |
Steele | 70 |
Prior Gay and Pope | 84 |
Hogarth Smollett and Fielding | 95 |
Sterne and Goldsmith | 105 |
George I | 134 |
George II | 157 |
George III | 169 |
George IV | 185 |
Afterword | 202 |
The Overall Composition of George IV | 210 |
Notes | 217 |
Select Bibliography | 267 |
Introduction | 125 |
Copyright | |