Cowley's essays
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Cowley's essays
Cambridge University Press, 2013, c1923
2nd ed
- : pbk
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"First published 1923. First paperback edition 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1923, as the second edition of an 1887 original, this book presents a selection of Cowley's essays. A critical introduction and detailed textual notes are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Cowley and his prose writings.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Of liberty
- 2. Of solitude
- 3. Of obscurity
- 4. Of agriculture
- 5. The garden
- 6. Of greatness
- 7. Of avarice
- 8. The dangers of an honest man in much company
- 9. The shortness of life and uncertainty of riches
- 10. The danger of procrastination
- 11. Of my self
- Notes
- Index to the notes.
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