Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Caxtoniana

A Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An 1863 collection of essays on morality, literary style, psychology, politics and readership by hugely popular Victorian novelist Bulwer Lytton.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781108072786
• ISBN-10: 110807278X
• Artikelnr.: 33135227

Inhaltsangabe

1. On the increased attention to outward nature in the decline of life
2. On the differences between the urban and rural temperament
3. On monotony in occupation as a source of happiness
4. On the normal clairvoyance of the imagination
5. On intellectual conduct as distinct from moral: the 'superior man'
6. On shyness
7. On the management of money (addressed chiefly to the young)
8. On rhythm in prose, as conducive to precision and clearness
9. On style and diction
10. Hints on moral culture
11. On the moral effect of writers
12. On the distinction between active thought and reverie
13. On the spirit in which new theories should be received
14. On essay-writing in general, and these essays in particular
15. The sanguine temperament
16. The organ of weight
17. The sympathetic temperament
18. Faith and charity
or, the union, in practical life, of sincerity and conciliation
19. Upon the efficacy of praise (in supplement to the preceding essay)
20. On self-control
21. The modern misanthrope.