Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock

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Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2004
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Biografía: literaria
ISBN:
9781417926329
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This book is a collection of letters written by Thomas Love Peacock to his friends Edward Hookham and Percy B. Shelley, as well as fragments of unpublished manuscripts by Peacock himself. Peacock was a prominent English novelist, poet, and satirist who lived during the 19th century. The letters in this book provide a fascinating glimpse into his life and times, as well as his relationships with his friends and contemporaries. They cover a wide range of topics, including literature, politics, philosophy, and personal matters. The fragments of unpublished manuscripts included in the book offer a rare opportunity to see Peacock’s writing process and gain insight into his creative mind. Overall, this book is a valuable resource for scholars and fans of Peacock’s work, as well as anyone interested in 19th-century literature and culture.1910. English poet and satirist, friend and biographer of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Peacock is best remembered as one of the great satirists of the Romantic period. Early in his writing career he made use of the Arthurian legends, mainly for satire, amusement, and instruction. This volume contains letters that Peacock wrote either to intellectual bookseller Thomas Hookham who introduced him to Shelley, or to Shelley himself.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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