The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell and GoldsmithBloomsbury Publishing, 19 nov. 2015 - 384 pagini Best known for his guide on writing and recognizing good prose, Style (1955), F.L. Lucas addresses four of the most popular 18th-century English poets and writers in this book: Samuel Johnson, Lord Chesterfield, James Boswell and Oliver Goldsmith. Knowledgeably, conversationally, and often amusing, he sketches the images of men who greatly influenced 18th century England and its literary landscape. |
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Pagina xi
... less , to re - read them . There is a need for both long and short biographies , as for large - scale and small - scale maps . And it is not only a question of time . One reads such things not only for the amusement of reading , but ...
... less , to re - read them . There is a need for both long and short biographies , as for large - scale and small - scale maps . And it is not only a question of time . One reads such things not only for the amusement of reading , but ...
Pagina xii
... less by what they say than by what they do ; but with historic characters the reverse may often be true . What , exactly , they did , is frequently disputed ; why they did it , more disputed still . But what they wrote or said , is ...
... less by what they say than by what they do ; but with historic characters the reverse may often be true . What , exactly , they did , is frequently disputed ; why they did it , more disputed still . But what they wrote or said , is ...
Pagina 1
... less in facts than in ideas , in minds , in personalities . Yet can we hope really to grasp the minds of the dead ? We stand frustrated like Æneas , face to face in burning Troy with the phantom of the wife he loved : Ter conatus ibi ...
... less in facts than in ideas , in minds , in personalities . Yet can we hope really to grasp the minds of the dead ? We stand frustrated like Æneas , face to face in burning Troy with the phantom of the wife he loved : Ter conatus ibi ...
Pagina 5
... less like their fellows , or we should not call them ' great ' ; how then , it may be asked , can one talk to any purpose about the spirits of whole ages ? * Certainly it is difficult and dangerous . For example , our shelves groan with ...
... less like their fellows , or we should not call them ' great ' ; how then , it may be asked , can one talk to any purpose about the spirits of whole ages ? * Certainly it is difficult and dangerous . For example , our shelves groan with ...
Pagina 6
... less light on the subject than on the critic himself . A light not always impressive . The eighteenth century , for the moment , is less out of favour than the nineteenth . It is easy enough to form nostalgic visions of an Enlightenment ...
... less light on the subject than on the critic himself . A light not always impressive . The eighteenth century , for the moment , is less out of favour than the nineteenth . It is easy enough to form nostalgic visions of an Enlightenment ...
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1961 |
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