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Bolingbroke and France
Rex A. Barrel
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Description for Bolingbroke and France
Hardback. This text is essentially a monograph, since a definitive work on the subject must await publication (already in hand) of Bolingbroke's complete correspondence. Num Pages: 152 pages, ill. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
This text is essentially a monograph, since a definitive work on the subject must await publication (already in hand) of Bolingbroke's complete correspondence. First, the reader is taken briefly through the different periods of Bolingbroke's life where his francophilic interests and activities are stressed. For example, attention is paid to his early training, his various visits to France, his involvement in European philosophical, historical and political movements, his relationships with French personalities including Voltaire, and his exile and death in France. Second, there is a detailed analysis of his philosophical, historical and political ideas with an attempt to assess his ... Read more
This text is essentially a monograph, since a definitive work on the subject must await publication (already in hand) of Bolingbroke's complete correspondence. First, the reader is taken briefly through the different periods of Bolingbroke's life where his francophilic interests and activities are stressed. For example, attention is paid to his early training, his various visits to France, his involvement in European philosophical, historical and political movements, his relationships with French personalities including Voltaire, and his exile and death in France. Second, there is a detailed analysis of his philosophical, historical and political ideas with an attempt to assess his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819171276
SKU
V9780819171276
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About Rex A. Barrel
Rex A. Barrell is a Professor Emeritus of languages and literature at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.
Reviews for Bolingbroke and France
...a useful source.
R. B. Barlow, The Eighteenth Century
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...a well researched, thoroughly documented study.
Peter Sabor, Department of English, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Department of English, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
History
...succeeds admirably in reviewing 200 years of scholarship on Bolingbroke's reputation as a philosopher, politician, and historian. ...Barrell proceeds to make ... Read more
R. B. Barlow, The Eighteenth Century
History
...a well researched, thoroughly documented study.
Peter Sabor, Department of English, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Department of English, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
History
...succeeds admirably in reviewing 200 years of scholarship on Bolingbroke's reputation as a philosopher, politician, and historian. ...Barrell proceeds to make ... Read more