MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2015041043
003 DLC
005 20151225074207.0
008 151223s2016 enk b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9781848932098
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aPR5466$b.A37 2016
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100 1 $aSouthey, Robert,$d1774-1843,$eauthor.
245 10 $aLetters from England :$b[translated from the Spanish] by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella ; /$cRobert Southey ; [edited by] Carol Bolton.
263 $a1604
264 1 $aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge ,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aThe Pickering masters series
500 $aTranslation and translator are fictitious.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"In 1807 the poet, reviewer and translator Robert Southey published a pseudonymous account of a journey made through England by a fictitious Spanish tourist, 'Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella'. Letters from England (1807) relates Espriella's travels from his arrival in Falmouth, through the West Country to London, the Midlands, Lake District, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and back to Cornwall again for the voyage home. On his journey Espriella comments on every aspect of British society, from fashions and manners, to political and religious beliefs. Letters from England blurs the boundaries of fact and fiction to produce a complex work of literary merit - there is no other prose work of its kind during the Romantic period. Southey's commentary is shrewd and lively, and provides the reader with a close-up view of early nineteenth-century culture and society. Among the topics covered are: provincial customs; political intrigues; theatre and sports; religious sects; poverty and criminality in urban centres; scientific and medical progress; Georgian London; social change; and the state of the army and navy. The edition will be of interest to all scholars of Romantic literature and culture" --$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aRobert Southey chronology -- Introduction -- Preface -- Translator's preface -- Table of contents for the Letters -- Letters from England, volume I -- Letters from England, Volume II -- Letters from England, volume III -- Editorial notes -- Appendix A, Description of manuscript -- Appendix B, Commonplace book extract.
600 10 $aSouthey, Robert,$d1774-1843$xTravel$yEngland.
650 0 $aAuthors, English$xTravel$yEngland.
651 0 $aEngland$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs.