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Chargement... Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men Collected from Conversation (édition 1966)par Joseph Spence, J.M. Osborn
Information sur l'oeuvreObservations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men Collected from Conversation par Joseph Spence
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Signed by the author A collection of anecdotes, mostly collected from Spence's conversations with Pope, but including snippets from many others as well. Most deal with literature, writing, and impressions of contemporaries. Some are extremely amusing. My favorite, from Pope, involves him reading to Lord Hallifax from his translation of Homer's Iliad; the nobleman requested some changes, and Pope was unsure how to handle the situation. His companion let him in on a little secret: "All you need to, (said he) is to leave them just as they are; call on Lord Hallifax two or three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages; and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event." Pope does just this, and of course Hallifax responds "Ay now, Mr. Pope, they are perfectly right! Nothing can be better." A fascinating glimpse into the days of Pope and Swift, Addison and Steele. Along with the anecdotes as originally published, included in this edition are anecdotes taken from Spence's unpublished papers, plus a selection of letters sent and received by him. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Joseph Spence (1699-1768) was ordained after graduating from Oxford, and having made the acquaintance of Alexander Pope, was helped by him to the professorship of poetry at Oxford, which he held for ten years from 1728. At the same time (and while holding the living of Birchanger in Essex) he began the first of several extended European journeys, accompanying nobility on the Grand Tour. He had published various literary works before his death in 1768, but left a number of manuscripts to be published at the discretion of his executors. They decided to take no action, but these anecdotes of Alexander Pope and his contemporaries came into the possession of a bookseller called Carpenter, who had them edited, and published them, prefaced with a life of Spence, in 1820. This is a fascinating compilation of anecdotes, aphorisms and biographical details about the most famous poet of his age. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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