Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar A Literary Biography |
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Author:
| Martin, Peter |
Contribution by:
| Erskine-Hill, Howard Richetti, John |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-61982-0 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $64.95 |
Book Description:
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Edmond Malone (1741-1812) laid the foundations for the scholarly study of literature; yet he was also gregarious, attracting many friends and enemies among his contemporaries. This first modern full-length biography illuminates the private world of the scholar and the public world of the late eighteenth-century intellectual elite.
Edmond Malone (1741-1812) laid the foundations for the scholarly study of literature; yet he was also gregarious, attracting many friends and enemies among his contemporaries. This first modern full-length biography illuminates the private world of the scholar and the public world of the late eighteenth-century intellectual elite.