Thackeray's English Humourists and Four GeorgesThackeray's only two series of public lectures gave an important new dimension to his public presence and to his contemporary reputation as a literary artist. This is the first book on these lecture-essays. |
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Contents
| 19 | |
Swift | 35 |
Congreve and Addison | 55 |
Steele | 70 |
Prior Gay and Pope | 84 |
Hogarth Smollett and Fielding | 95 |
Sterne and Goldsmith | 105 |
Introduction | 125 |
George IV | 185 |
Afterword | 202 |
Manuscript and Proof Sources | 204 |
Other Documents | 206 |
Working Papers for The Four Georges MSS of George I | 207 |
The Overall Composition of George IV | 210 |
Notes | 217 |
| 267 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Thackeray's English Humourists and Four Georges |
| Author | Edgar F. Harden |
| Publisher | University of Delaware Press, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0874132746, 9780874132748 |
| Length | 278 pages |
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