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Joseph Addison : an intellectual biography / Dan Poston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poston, Dan, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, English--18th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Enlightenment--England.
- Enlightenment.
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
- Addison, Joseph.
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "This book utilizes performance studies and a historicist approach to situate Addison within his intellectual moment and recuperate our understanding of why he was such an important Enlightenment figure"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chronology of Addison's life in historical context
- Addison the ancient author
- Everyday prose after Newton
- Slavery in Addison's discourse
- Addison's theory of the imagination
- Staging a shadow king : Addison's theatrical politics
- Addison's Cato
- Cato's coda : death after tragic fame.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Poston, Dan Joseph Addison
- ISBN:
- 9780813950419
- 0813950414
- OCLC:
- 1391329670
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