THE ENGLISH NOVEL IN THE TIME OF SHAKESPEARE. Translated from the French by Elizabeth Lee. Revised and enlarged by the Author.

JUSSERAND, J. J.

Verlag: T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square., London, 1890

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8vo. 9x 6 inches. [4] + 433 + [1] pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, with gilt block on spine and of publisher's device on front board. Top edge gilt, other edges rough cut. A little wear to extremities, spine lightly sunned and foxing of title page margins; otherwise a very good copy. 1893 gift inscription on half title. Illustrated by 62 engravings, including frontispiece, 3 plates text figures, including full page, and vignettes. A study of the early English novel, including chapters on Lyly and the Euphues, Sir Philip Sidney and pastoral Romance and Thomas Nash and the Picaresque and Realistic novel. Jean Jules Jusserand (1855-1932) was a French literary scholar, who in 1884 played a part in the foundation of the Alliance Francaise to promote French language and culture. As a diplomat, he played an important role in the First World War, serving as French ambassador to Washington, 1903-25. French edition in abbreviated form first published in 1887. ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION HISTORY 16TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ART / LITERATURE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 28491

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Titel: THE ENGLISH NOVEL IN THE TIME OF SHAKESPEARE...

Verlag: T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1890