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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963012803321

Autore

Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, <1800-1859.>

Titolo

Miscellaneous essays / / Thomas Babington Macaulay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Electric Book Co., c2001

ISBN

1-281-24065-6

1-4619-1127-3

9786611240653

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Critical and historical essays ; ; v.3

Soggetti

English literature - History and criticism

Essays

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Based on the Everyman Edition."

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- HISTORY -- JOHN DRYDEN -- MIRABEAU -- BARĂˆRE -- FRANCIS ATTERBURY -- OLIVER GOLDSMITH -- DANTE -- PETRARCH -- A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. ABRAHAM COWLEY AND MR. JOHN MILTON, TOUCHING THE GREAT CIVIL WAR -- SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE PARISHES OF ST. DENNIS AND ST. GEORGE IN THE WATER. (APRIL 1824) -- ON THE ATHENIAN ORATORS -- A PROPHETIC ACCOUNT OF A GRAND NATIONAL EPIC POEM, TO BE ENTITLED "THE WELLINGTONIAD," AND TO BE PUBLISHED A.D. 2824 -- ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE -- SCENES FROM "ATHENIAN REVELS".

Sommario/riassunto

Third volume of Macaulay's famous essays including History, John Dryden, Oliver Goldsmith, Dante and Petrarch among others.