THE PASTON LETTERS D: NEW COMPLETE LIBRARY EDITION, EDITED EN FRANCE

The Paston Letters D: New Complete Library Edition, Edited With Notes and an Introduction, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) James Gairdner Auteur: James Gairdner Editeur: Forgotten Books Broché: 350 pages paperback Publication: 11/07/2012 Dimensions: 22,86 x 15,24 x 2,29 Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais Help ? And in spite of all that was artificial and affected in his character, in spite even of the affectation of pretending a snobbish interest in ancient duchesses Walpole was one of the fittest men of that day to appreciate What was such a publication. Miss Hannah More was less easily pleased, themgby fanc sne no doubt was the type of many other readers. The some. letters, she declared, were quite barbarous in style, with none of the elegance of their supposed contemporary Rowley. They might perhaps be of some use to correct history, but as letters and fine reading, nothing was to be said for them.1 It was natural enough that an age which took this view of the matter should have preferred the forgeries of Chatter ton to the most genuine productions of the fifteenth century. The style of the Paston Letters, even if it had been the most polished imaginable, of course could not have exhibited the polish of the eighteenth century, unless a Chatterton had had some hand in their composition. General Yet the interest excited by the work was such that the interest in editor had no reason to complain of its reception. The Paston Letters were soon in everybodys hands. The work, indeed, appeared under royal patronage, for Fenn had got leave beforehand to dedicate it to the King as the avowed patron of antiquarian knowledge. This alone had doubtless some influence upon the sale; but the novel character of the publication itself must have excited curiosity still more. A whole edition was disposed of in a week, and a second edition called for, which, after undergoing some little revision, with the assistance of Mr. George Steevens, the Shakspearian editor, was published the same year. Meanwhile, to gratify the curious, the original MS. letters were deposited for a time in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries;but the King having expressed a wish to see them, Fenn sent th (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) And in spite of all that was artificial and affected in his character, in spite even of the affectation of pretending a snobbish interest in ancient duchesses Walpole was one of the fittest men of that day to appreciate What was such a publication. Miss Hannah More was less easily pleased, themgby fanc sne no doubt was the type of many other readers. The some. letters, she declared, were quite barbarous in style, with none of the elegance of their supposed contemporary Rowley. They might perhaps be of some use to correct history, but as letters and fine reading, nothing was to be said for them.1 It was natural enough that an age which took this view of the matter should have preferred the forgeries of Chatter ton to the most genuine productions of the fifteenth century. The style of the Paston Letters, even if it had been the most polished imaginable, of course could not have exhibited the polish of the eighteenth century, unless a Chatterton had had some hand in their composition. General Yet the interest excited by the work was such that the interest in editor had no reason to complain of its reception. The Paston Letters were soon in everybodys hands. The work, indeed, appeared under royal patronage, for Fenn had got leave beforehand to dedicate it to the King as the avowed patron of antiquarian knowledge. This alone had doubtless some influence upon the sale; but the novel character of the publication itself must have excited curiosity still more. A whole edition was disposed of in a week, and a second edition called for, which, after undergoing some little revision, with the assistance of Mr. George Steevens, the Shakspearian editor, was published the same year. Meanwhile, to gratify the curious, the original MS. letters were deposited for a time in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries;but the King having expressed a wish to see them, Fenn sent th (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) Mot Clef: Nonfiction Education Education Theory