Prison books and their authors / by John Alfred Langford
London : William Tegg, 1861. First Edition. Good copy bound in half cloth over boards with gilt-blocked leather label to the spine, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Item #244255
Physical description; ix, 357 p. : front., ports ; 19 cm. Notes; Author's signature tipped in. Contents; Introduction. -- Boe?thius, and his De consolatione philosophiae. -- The Earl of Surrey. -- Cervantes. -- Sir Walter Raleigh, and his History of the world. -- Robert Southwell, the martyr. -- George Wither, the Puritan. -- Lovelace, the Cavalier. -- Bunyan, and his, Pilgrim's progress. -- Dr. Dodd, and the Prison thoughts. --James Montgomery. -- Leigh Hunt. -- Thomas Cooper, and the Purgatory of suicides. Subjects; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616). Boethius (d. 524). Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (ca. 480-524). Prisoners' writings — History and criticism. Prisoners' writings, English — History and criticism. Prisoners — Intellectual life. Authors, English. English literature — History. Prisons. Prisoners. Writers. Books. Authors.
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