Author: Christopher Anstey
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783034300148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This illustrated edition of The New Bath Guide by Christopher Anstey is based on the Second Issue of the First Edition which was published in 1766. It includes two major additions made by the author, the «Epilogue» and «A Charge to the Poets». It aims at widening the perspective on the eighteenth century by examining the work of a minor poet and challenges conventional assumptions about the scope of minor poetry. This series of satirical letters in verse written by the members of a provincial family staying in Georgian Bath provides an inexhaustible source of fun and has great sociological interest. Thanks to the individual and varied voices which are heard in this epistolary poem, a whole society in the making comes alive through the distorting mirror of satire. The introduction, notes and appendices throw new light on a once famous and provocative text and make extensive use of little-known material such as significant parts of the author's correspondence. They situate Anstey's work in its literary and historical contexts, by locating it at the junction of fiction and documentation, at a time of emergence, when new social codes were defined for a new society.
The New Bath Guide
Author: Christopher Anstey
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783034300148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This illustrated edition of The New Bath Guide by Christopher Anstey is based on the Second Issue of the First Edition which was published in 1766. It includes two major additions made by the author, the «Epilogue» and «A Charge to the Poets». It aims at widening the perspective on the eighteenth century by examining the work of a minor poet and challenges conventional assumptions about the scope of minor poetry. This series of satirical letters in verse written by the members of a provincial family staying in Georgian Bath provides an inexhaustible source of fun and has great sociological interest. Thanks to the individual and varied voices which are heard in this epistolary poem, a whole society in the making comes alive through the distorting mirror of satire. The introduction, notes and appendices throw new light on a once famous and provocative text and make extensive use of little-known material such as significant parts of the author's correspondence. They situate Anstey's work in its literary and historical contexts, by locating it at the junction of fiction and documentation, at a time of emergence, when new social codes were defined for a new society.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783034300148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This illustrated edition of The New Bath Guide by Christopher Anstey is based on the Second Issue of the First Edition which was published in 1766. It includes two major additions made by the author, the «Epilogue» and «A Charge to the Poets». It aims at widening the perspective on the eighteenth century by examining the work of a minor poet and challenges conventional assumptions about the scope of minor poetry. This series of satirical letters in verse written by the members of a provincial family staying in Georgian Bath provides an inexhaustible source of fun and has great sociological interest. Thanks to the individual and varied voices which are heard in this epistolary poem, a whole society in the making comes alive through the distorting mirror of satire. The introduction, notes and appendices throw new light on a once famous and provocative text and make extensive use of little-known material such as significant parts of the author's correspondence. They situate Anstey's work in its literary and historical contexts, by locating it at the junction of fiction and documentation, at a time of emergence, when new social codes were defined for a new society.
Arts Catalogue
Author: Bath and West and Southern Counties Society
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Swan Hotel Visitors'Guide to Wells and Pleasant Places Out of it
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Category : Wells (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Category : Wells (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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The Archer's Register
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Category : Archery
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Category : Archery
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Image of Georgian Bath 1700-2000
Author: Peter Borsay
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study explores the evolution, structure, and uses of the image of Georgian Bath, from its genesis in the eighteenth century to its renaissance in the twentieth century. In recent decades there has been both a popular resurgence of interest in heritage and tradition, and a growing academic awareness of the power of imagery in shaping the lives of individuals and societies. There is perhaps no city in Britain so saturated in history and layered with historic imagery as Bath. It therefore provides an ideal case-study to investigate the dynamic fusion and impact of the forces of past and representation. The dominant perception of Bath today is that of a classical and particularly Georgian city. In this stimulating and scholarly study, Peter Borsay examines the construction and development of this image. Its principal components, biography and architecture, are explored, together with the media through which it was constructed and transmitted, as well as its commercial, social, political, and psychological uses. Dr Borsay concludes by relating the findings for Bath to current debates on towns, heritage, and the nature of history.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study explores the evolution, structure, and uses of the image of Georgian Bath, from its genesis in the eighteenth century to its renaissance in the twentieth century. In recent decades there has been both a popular resurgence of interest in heritage and tradition, and a growing academic awareness of the power of imagery in shaping the lives of individuals and societies. There is perhaps no city in Britain so saturated in history and layered with historic imagery as Bath. It therefore provides an ideal case-study to investigate the dynamic fusion and impact of the forces of past and representation. The dominant perception of Bath today is that of a classical and particularly Georgian city. In this stimulating and scholarly study, Peter Borsay examines the construction and development of this image. Its principal components, biography and architecture, are explored, together with the media through which it was constructed and transmitted, as well as its commercial, social, political, and psychological uses. Dr Borsay concludes by relating the findings for Bath to current debates on towns, heritage, and the nature of history.
Bibliotheca Somersetensis: Bath books. General introduction
Author: Emanuel Green
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Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker Anderson
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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A Catalogue of English, Welsh, Scotch, and Irish History and Topography: Including Nearly the Whole of the Printed Books Relating to Saxon History and Literature; to which are Added, the Monastic Historians and the Old Chroniclers, Followed by the Various Histories, ... Relating to this Kingdom. ... The Whole Forming Part III. ... Offered at the Reduced Prices Affixed
Author: William Strong
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Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Bibliotheca Somersetensis
Author: Emanuel Green
Publisher:
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Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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