Excerpt from Studies and Sketches in Modern Literature: Periodical Contributions During a slow and oft-retarded recovery from a serious ill ness, the author, laid aside from his usual literary engage ments. Was induced to make the following selection of Studies and Sketches' from a very considerable mass of Magazine articles which he had previously written. He had no design of sitting in judgment upon the character of his past labours, nor did he regard that selection as a sifting of the 'wheat' from the - he was not vain enough to fancy that his volume would consist purely of the former, nor did he afl'ect the voluntary humility' of holding that the re jected materials were fitly represented by the latter. There was a large accumulation of articles nearly equal to each other in value (whatever that might be) so that, if he had adopted such a test, his perplexity in choosing would have been insuperable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ... BAILEY'S 'FESTUS.' In 1838 this book appeared; but its high theme and argument were not so congenial to the popular taste, as the fortunes of 'Nicholas Nickleby, ' which were then being unriddled: the ludicrous exhibition of a Yorkshire boarding school--with its scarcity of food and its abundance of flogging--was, in general estimation, something far better than the solemn opening of the universe as a school in which the ministry of evil is allowed for the present to exercise a mighty influence on the training of God's rational creatures; and Mr Squeers with his cane, was a successful rival to Lucifer with all his machinery of temptation. Your discerning public applauded the movements of a small plot in a farcical story, but had no patience to contemplate the evolving of the supreme spiritual law of Creation, in a poem instinct with genuine humanity. 'Festus' remained as much unknown as if it had never ventured to the light, unless to very select readers, whose attention the title had struck, and whose fervent admiration the book itself soon gained. These were amazed at its original, bold, and comprehensive range--involving time and eternity, the different creations and the one Creator--all acting as the guides and exponents of the destiny of a single human soul;--God, by the attraction of His irresistible will, and therefore the universe--holy and unholy--with or against its own will, leading that soul to final blessedness. They hailed it as a sublime representation, in vivid pictures, of the ultimate and innermost law of providence working on steadily, amid the tumult of conflicting agencies, to its first Sabbath. Apart from the scheme of the poem, every page afforded great thoughts, which compelled them to say with the author, --'Who.

This book is both a celebration of the life and career of the eminent literary scholar, critic, and journalist John Sutherland and an extension of Sutherland’s work in various fields, including nineteenth- and twentieth-century Anglo-American literature, the publishing industry, and its impact upon creativity and literary puzzles. With contributions from over twenty-five distinguished critics, literary journalists and scholars, this book goes beyond merely describing Sutherland’s work. The essayists pay homage to Sutherland while also staking their own critical/scholarly claims. From investigating the publishing dimension, Victorians major and minor, the complexities of Dickens and George Eliot, the “archeology” of Pride and Prejudice to examining the implications of Shakespearean souvenirs, literary puzzles, and Non-Victorians, the essays offer fresh dimensions to Sutherland’s rich career as a professor, critic, and journalist.

Written by an international group of highly regarded scholars and rooted in the field of intermedial approaches to literary studies, this volume explores the complex aesthetic process of "picturing" in early modern English literature. The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive and varied picture of the relationship between visual and verbal in the early modern period, while also contributing to the understanding of the literary context in which Shakespeare wrote. Using different methodological approaches and taking into account a great variety of texts, including Elizabethan sonnet sequences, metaphysical poetry, famous as well as anonymous plays, and court masques, the book opens new perspectives on the literary modes of "picturing" and on the relationship between this creative act and the tense artistic, religious and political background of early modern Europe. The first section explores different modes of looking at works of art and their relation with technological innovations and religious controversies, while the chapters in the second part highlight the multifaceted connections between European visual arts and English literary production. The third section explores the functions performed by portraits on the page and the stage, delving into the complex question of the relationship between visual and verbal representation. Finally, the chapters in the fourth section re-appraise early modern reflections on the relationship between word and image and on their respective power in light of early-seventeenth-century visual culture, with particular reference to the masque genre.