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    English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century
    English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century
    English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century
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    English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century

    By Leslie Stephen

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    English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century is a set of lectures in literary history by Leslie Stephen. Stephen was an English writer, critic, historian and biographer, here exploring the depths of 18th century literature and its famous authors.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 9, 2019
    ISBN4064066241063
    English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century
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    Leslie Stephen

    Leslie Stephen (Londres, 1832-1904), padre de la famosa escritora Virginia Woolf, fue una de las más eminentes figuras de la Inglaterra victoriana. Entre sus muchos trabajos sobre pensamiento político y literatura, destacan especialmente History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century (1876), The Science of Ethics (1882) y su contribución al monumental Dictionary of Na­tional Biography (1885-1891). Además, fue editor del Alpine Journal, cofundó el Alpine Club y fue uno de los primeros en coronar, durante la edad de oro del alpinismo, todas las altas cumbres de los Alpes.

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