PERSONS AND PLACES : Vol. I, The Background of My Life

George Santayana

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1944

Beschreibung

Text/As New. Gilt embossed, green linen boards/VG w/light edge & surface wear w/trace discoloration to upper text block. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Photo portrait of author (Harvard Univ, 1886 class photograph). LAID-IN: Book-of-the-Month Club review by Christopher Morley. Vol. I of III; memoir & autobiography of Spanish-born philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist George Santayana (1863 - 1952). 262 pgs in 16 chapters, covering his student days at Boston Latin, Harvard college (founder & president of the Philosophical Club, an editor & cartoonist for The Harvard Lampoon & co-founder of The Harvard Monthly), the teaching years at Harvard and return to Spain. Specious, seductive, indispensable sketch of late 19th Century intellectual Americans, especially of the Boston Brahmins & Harvard Dons. Wonderful complement to studies of Henry Adams (whom he met) and Henry James. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 200508

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Titel: PERSONS AND PLACES : Vol. I, The Background ...

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1944

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Collectible - Very Good

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Auflage: First Edition, First Thus