Personal Traits of British Authors: Byron-Shelley-Moore-Rogers-Keats-Southey-Landor (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mason, Edward Tuckerman

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ISBN 10: 1333016522 ISBN 13: 9781333016524

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Early one hundred years ago, while revola tion was teaching its stern lessons in France, English literature shook off the torpor in which it had 'lain so long, and awoke to a new life, a life of power and of beauty. To that great awakening may be traced everything of real moment and significance which has since distinguished the literature of Eng land. Now the forces of that time seem well-nigh spent, and no fresh impulse has come. One by one the lights have gone out their places are unfilled. Standing to-day at the close of a brilliant period, we have the means of estimating that period with intelligence, and of gaining adequate knowledge of the men who made it illustrious - knowledge not only of their works, but of themselves. As a con tribution to this study, the present series of books has been prepared. The aim of these volumes is to describe and illus.

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Authors, who have been chosen as fairly representa tive of their period. Careful search has been made for everything which might throw light upon these authors; upon their appearance, habits, manners; upon their talk, their work and their play, their strength and weakness - physical, mental, moral. Records of acts directly exemplifying traits of char acter have been given, whenever it was possible, in preference to mere expressions of individual opin ion. Any testimony other than that of eye-witness es has been admitted with reluctance. A strictly chronological arrangement was impracticable, as the authors all belong to the same general period. They have, therefore, been distributed into such groups as were suggested by the likeness or unlikeness which the men bore to one another; an arrange ment according either to affinity or to contrast. Although the search for materials has been care fully made, it is by no means exhaustive. Never theless, the hope is entertained that nothing of vital importance has been overlooked.' The materials have been found abundant, bewilderingly so, as may be inferred from the fact that the contents of these volumes have been drawn from over two hundred.

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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1333016522
• ISBN 13: 9781333016524
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344