Alain René Le Sage

The Devil Upon Crutches

Herausgeber: Chilton, Leslie a; Brack, O M / Übersetzer: Smollett, Tobias

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in France in 1707 as Le Diable boiteux, Alain René Le Sage's novel relates the picaresque wanderings of Asmodeus, a refined, likable but decrepit devil, and Zambullo, his newfound mortal companion. Also included is a guide to the now-exotic pharmaceuticals and remedies one encounters in the novel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Georgia Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780820346052
• ISBN-10: 0820346055
• Artikelnr.: 38147417

Autorenporträt

Alain René Le Sage (Author) Alain René Le Sage (1668-1747) was a French novelist and playwright. He is known for his comic novel The Devil Upon Two Sticks, his comedy Turcaret, and his novel Gil Blas. O M Brack Jr. (Editor) O M BRACK, JR., a professor of English literature emeritus at Arizona State University, is coauthor of Samuel Johnson's Early Biographers and coeditor of The Early Biographies of Samuel Johnson. He has edited volumes of the Works of Samuel Johnson published by Yale and is textual editor for the Georgia series the Works of Tobias Smollett. Brack is the curator of the 2009 Johnson tercentenary exhibition at the Huntington Library. Leslie A. Chilton (Editor) >