Bibliograph

The English humourists, of the eighteenth century, W.M. Thackeray

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The English humourists, of the eighteenth century, W.M. Thackeray

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The English humourists

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

W.M. Thackeray

Sub title

of the eighteenth century

Summary

In 1851 the English novelist and satirist William Makepeace Thackeray delivered a series of lectures in London on the great English humorists of the previous century (including Swift, Congreve, Pope, Hogarth, and Fielding), which he repeated over the next two years while touring the United States. The lectures were received with great acclaim and published in book form in 1853

Target audience

adult

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