Literary essays
Table-Talk & Recollections
by Samuel Rogers, Christopher Ricks
Description
A poet and banker who knew everybody, Samuel Rogers (1763-1865) was a brilliant recorder of things said by his famous and powerful contemporaries, from Edmund Burke to Talleyrand, from Charles James Fox to the Duke of Wellington. Originallyy published in the 1830s, his energetic, entertaining, and occasionally eye-popping "table-talk" gives phenomenal texture to our understanding of Regency high life. Reading it is like eavesdropping on the past. Introduced by the distinguished literary critic Professor Christopher Ricks.
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Author Biography
Christopher Ricks is a British literary critic and scholar. He is Professor of the Humanities at Boston University. John Carey described him as 'the greatest living critic'.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Notting Hill Editions
- Publication Date October 2011
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781907903366
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 14.99 GBP
- Pages176
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions190x120 mm
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