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Author Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, author

Title Letters from England : [translated from the Spanish] by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella / Robert Southey ; [edited by] Carol Bolton
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series The Pickering masters series
Pickering masters
Contents Robert 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Translation and translator are fictitious
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 -- Travel -- England
SUBJECT Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. fast (OCoLC)fst00048600
Subject Authors, English -- Travel -- England
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English -- Travel.
Manners and customs.
Travel.
SUBJECT England -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043286
England -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043318
Subject England.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317242901
1317242904