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Hermsprong: or, Man as he is Not
Robert Bage
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Description for Hermsprong: or, Man as he is Not
Paperback. Editor(s): Perkins, Pamela. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 387 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Robert Bage's Hermsprong satirizes English society of the 1790s targeting, in particular, corrupt clergymen, grasping lawyers and wicked aristocrats. The protagonist, a European raised among Native Americans, visits Europe and is dismayed by what he encounters. While such satire might seem conventional enough, Hermsprong is distinguished from other political novels of the period by its comedy, and it is a measure of Bage's success that he won the admiration of writers as different in political outlook as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sir Walter Scott. Indeed, Hermsprong is built around debate, and celebrates the pleasures of the lively exchange of ideas. ... Read more
Robert Bage's Hermsprong satirizes English society of the 1790s targeting, in particular, corrupt clergymen, grasping lawyers and wicked aristocrats. The protagonist, a European raised among Native Americans, visits Europe and is dismayed by what he encounters. While such satire might seem conventional enough, Hermsprong is distinguished from other political novels of the period by its comedy, and it is a measure of Bage's success that he won the admiration of writers as different in political outlook as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sir Walter Scott. Indeed, Hermsprong is built around debate, and celebrates the pleasures of the lively exchange of ideas. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
387
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Broadview Editions
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781551112794
SKU
V9781551112794
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About Robert Bage
Pamela Perkins has written on Romantic literature and is the editor (with Shannon Russell) of the Broadview Literary Texts edition of Translations of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah. She teaches English at the University of Manitoba.
Reviews for Hermsprong: or, Man as he is Not
A novel that argues for the need for wit, tolerance, and free play of intelligence not only tells us about its origins in political debates of the1790s, but also is of urgent interest to twenty-first century readers. Bravo Pamela Perkins and Broadview Press for producing this wonderful edition of Hermsprong. Bage himself would be pleased. - Lisa Vargo, University ... Read more