Works, Including The Whole Contents Of Bp. Hurd's Edition - Softcover

Joseph Addison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461233320 ISBN 13: 9780461233322

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

Works, Including The Whole Contents Of Bp. Hurd's Edition: Withletters And Other Pieces Not Found In Any Previous Collection; And Macaulay's Essay On His Life And Works by Joseph Addison. This volume aggregates Addison's political writings from the early 18th century—most notably The Freeholder, a series of pamphlet essays defending the Protestant succession and the government against Jacobite rebellion—and companion pieces such as The Plebeian, The Old Whig, and The Lover (the Marmaduke Myrtle series). It also includes editor's introductory notes by George Washington Greene and posthumous remarks on Addison's career. The papers offer a vivid portrait of early Georgian political culture: arguments for loyalty to King George, critiques of rebellion and seditious factions, debates about oaths, habeas corpus, taxation, and the role of the press. The collection blends satire with advocacy, and, through its dialogic pieces and verse-turned-prose, illuminates 18th-century public discourse, the balance of power among crowns, Lords, and Commons, and the responsibilities of citizenship.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461233320
• ISBN 13: 9780461233322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 389