A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and Forming a Just Style. Written in the year 1709, and addressed to the Right Honourable John Lord Roos, the present Marquis of Granby.

Felton, Henry.

Published by London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1713., 1713

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Much of this popular little book is devoted to the author's theories of education in general, and the art of teaching in particular, as well as rhetoric and literary style. There are also remarks on such modern writers as Swift (his favorite), Addison, Dryden, Prior, Milton, Otway, Cowley, and Denham; the preface, which is new to this edition, contains a complimentary reference to Pope as "the ingenious author of the Essay on Criticism." Of particular interest are Felton's remarks on the distinctions between translation, paraphrase, and imitation, distinctions of great concern to poets of the Restoration and early 18th-century. Twelvemo. [2], xx, [14], 274, [2, ads] pp. Contemporary panelled calf. Corners rubbed. A fine, unrestored copy. First edition. Alston VI, 125. See Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century Philosophers. Seller Inventory # 7627

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Title: A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and ...

Publisher: London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1713.

Publication Date: 1713

Edition: 1st Edition