British Literary Salons of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Author | : S. Schmid |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2013-02-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137063748 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137063742 |
Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis British Literary Salons of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries by : S. Schmid
Download or read book British Literary Salons of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries written by S. Schmid and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British salons, with guests such as Byron, Moore, and Thackeray, were veritable hothouses of political and cultural agitation. Using a number of sources - diaries, letters, silver-fork novels, satires, travel writing, Keepsakes, and imaginary conversations - Schmid paints a vivid picture of the British salon between the 1780s and the 1840s.