Remarks on Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on the Study and Use of History: So Far as They Relate to the History of the Old Testament; And Especially to the Case of Noah, Denouncing a Curse upon Canaan

James Hervey

Published by Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Chu

About this Item

1752 first edition Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard (London), newly rebound, 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches tall dark grey paper-covered boards over black Milbank cloth spine, white printed label to front cover with full title and bibliographic information, refreshed (Japanese Carlyle) endpapers, [4], 77, [3] pp., complete. ~A~ James Hervey (1714 - 1758) was an English clergyman and writer. Hervey had a lasting impact on art through William Blake, who was an admirer of his. Blake painted Epitome of James Hervey's Meditations among the Tombs between 1820 and 1825. Hervey is also mentioned in Blake's work as one of the holy guards to the 'four-fold gate,' and his influence on Blake's poem The Tyger has also been noted. In addition to this, the sombre and sweeping tone of his Meditations Among The Tombs (for example, 'the dreadful pleasure inspired by gazing at fallen monuments and mouldering tombs') has led to his being placed amongst the 18th Century 'Graveyard School' of poets, rendering his work an important influence on Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto' of 1764 and consequently, the entire genre of Gothic Literature and the later Romanticism which the genre fueled.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Remarks on Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on the Study and Use of History: So Far as They Relate to the History of the Old Testament; And Especially to the Case of Noah, Denouncing a Curse upon Canaan
• Publisher: Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Chu
• Condition: Very Good
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