| Selected Writings: Oliver Goldsmith Contributor(s): Goldsmith, Oliver (Author), Lucas, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1857547039 ISBN-13: 9781857547030 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: Oliver Goldsmith's wit, civility of tone, and adroit handling of form are on display in this selection of writing that also presents the author's moral seriousness which is as necessary to 21st-century society as it was to his own. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 828.609 |
| Series: Fyfield Books |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.48" W x 8.6" (0.61 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774), essayist, reviewer, dramatist, novelist, librettist and poet, became one of the most popular authors in that age of authors, especially for The Vicar of Wakefield. In this selection of his poetry and prose, John Lucas reconsiders Thackeray's praise of Goldsmith as the most beloved of English writers, and reveals him as a more radical, formidable - and Irish - figure than the phrase suggests. |