Horace Walpole's Miscellany, 1786-1795
by Horace Walpole
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The Miscellany is Horace Walpole's third and last "book of materials," or literary notebook. Laris Troide has supplied here a transcription of that text together with an introduction and extensive notes providing the historical, cultural, and literary contexts of Walpole's jottings. The text and notes together give the reader a detailed look at eighteenth-century life and thought.Tags
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Horace Walpole was born in London on September 24, 1717 and educated at Eton College and Kings College, Cambridge. Upon his return from college, Walpole was elected to Parliament and served until 1768. He was the youngest son of British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. He was known as The Earl of Orford. Walpole opened a private press that show more published his own works and that of his friends. He is well known for his Gothic romance novel, The Castle of Otranto. Horace Walpole died in London on March 2, 1797, after which his title became extinct since he never married or had children. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Yale Studies in English (188)
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- 828.6 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1745-1799
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- PR3757 .W2 .M5 — Language and Literature English English Literature 17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770)
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