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The Theophrastan ‘Character’: The History of a Literary Genre

John William Smeed

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Description:Around 319 B.C. Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher who was Aristotle's pupil, compiled his "Characters" some thirty brief but graphic descriptions of recognizable human types (the coward, the boor, etc.). His work inspired a prolific literary genre; "character writing" flourished in Englandand in European countries in various guises for several centuries. This book, the first devoted to tracing the development and decline of character writing, provides a wide-ranging and illuminating survey of the style used by La Bruyère, Addison, and Steele, among others, a style whose origins and influence most readers may never have stopped to question.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Theophrastan ‘Character’: The History of a Literary Genre. To get started finding The Theophrastan ‘Character’: The History of a Literary Genre, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Around 319 B.C. Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher who was Aristotle's pupil, compiled his "Characters" some thirty brief but graphic descriptions of recognizable human types (the coward, the boor, etc.). His work inspired a prolific literary genre; "character writing" flourished in Englandand in European countries in various guises for several centuries. This book, the first devoted to tracing the development and decline of character writing, provides a wide-ranging and illuminating survey of the style used by La Bruyère, Addison, and Steele, among others, a style whose origins and influence most readers may never have stopped to question.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Theophrastan ‘Character’: The History of a Literary Genre. To get started finding The Theophrastan ‘Character’: The History of a Literary Genre, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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