Prison books and their authors / by John Alfred Langford
1861, First Edition. London : William Tegg. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blind-tooled purple cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age with sun-toning to spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages; Physical description. : ix, 357 p. : front. , ports ; 19 cm. Contents: Introduction. -- Boethius, and his De consolatione philosophiae. -- The Earl of Surrey. -- Cervantes. -- Sir Walter Raleigh, and his History of the world. -- Robert Southwell, the martyr. -- George Wither, the Puritan. -- Lovelace, the Cavalier. -- Bunyan, and his, Pilgrim's progress. -- Dr. Dodd, and the Prison thoughts. --James Montgomery. -- Leigh Hunt. -- Thomas Cooper, and the Purgatory of suicides. Subject: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Boethius, -524. Boethius, d. 524. Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, ca. 480-524. Prisoners - Intellectual life. Authors, English. Prisoners' writings - History and criticism. Prisoners' writings, English - History and criticism. English literature - History. Item #211902
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