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EXCURSION TO ENCHANTMENT: A JOURNEY TO THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES
Author: The Excursion
Author: Frances BrookePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813187672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Frances Brooke (1724-1789), journalist, translator, playwright, novelist, and even co-manager of a theater, was described as "perhaps the first female novel-writer who attained a perfect purity and polish of style." Today, Brooke is known primarily for The History of Emily Montague, one of the earliest novels about Canada, where she lived for a number of years. But it is her third novel, The Excursion, that is an important example of the fashionable and popular English novels of the late 1770s. Written for the very audience it portrays, this novel introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Eliza Haywood, Henry Fielding, and Frances Burney for her novel's overarching plot structure. But instead of concentrating on Maria's romantic adventures, she experiments with unusual treatments of subplots and unconventional characters. The most interesting aspect of her story is the development of Maria's ambition to win fame and fortune as a writer; it is one of the few portraits of a woman with literary ambitions by an early woman writer. Brooke's wry narrative voice foreshadows that of Jane Austen. The editors' introduction places The Excursion firmly in the tradition of the English novel, provides a fresh biography of Brooke, and brings together the most important eighteenth- and twentieth-century criticism of Brooke's work. The second volume in the series Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women, The Excursion contributes to our understanding of the development of the novel and offers a lively view of women's position in eighteenth-century English society.
Recreation for the young and the old. An excursion to Brighton, with an account of the Royal pavilion: A visit t Tunbridge Wells; and A trip to Southend. In a series of letters
Author: John EvansAll the King's Men
Author: Robert Penn WarrenPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156031042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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A dynamic backwoods lawyer batters his way into the governor's mansion, where he uses his unprincipled charm to become a brutal dictator.
Excursion Appendix
Author: Recreation for the Young and the Old. An excursion to Brighton, with an account of the Royal Pavilion, a visit to Tunbridge Wells, and a trip to Southend. In a series of letters, etc
Author: John EVANS (LL.D., of Islington.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Italy, Spain, and Portugal, with an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha. By the Author of “Vathek” [i.e. W. Beckford].
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Author: William BeckfordWordsworth's Ethics
Author: Adam PotkayPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421417022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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A comprehensive examination that breathes new life into Wordsworth and the ethical concerns that were vital to his nineteenth-century readers. Why read Wordsworth’s poetry—indeed, why read poetry at all? Beyond any pleasure it might give, can it make one a better or more flourishing person? These questions were never far from William Wordsworth’s thoughts. He responded in rich and varied ways, in verse and in prose, in both well-known and more obscure writings. Wordsworth's Ethics is a comprehensive examination of the Romantic poet’s work, delving into his desire to understand the source and scope of our ethical obligations. Adam Potkay finds that Wordsworth consistently rejects the kind of impersonal utilitarianism that was espoused by his contemporaries James Mill and Jeremy Bentham in favor of a view of ethics founded in relationships with particular persons and things. The discussion proceeds chronologically through Wordsworth’s career as a writer—from his juvenilia through his poems of the 1830s and '40s—providing a valuable introduction to the poet’s work. The book will appeal to readers interested in the vital connection between literature and moral philosophy.
The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon
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Category : Imagination
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Harold uses his fantastic purple crayon to draw himself some wonderful adventures.
A Classical Tour Through Italy
Author: John Chetwode EustacePublisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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