James Cotter Morison

Broschiertes Buch

Gibbon

Beschreibung

James Cotter Morison provides a comprehensive biography of the English historian Edward Gibbon, best known for his monumental work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Drawing on extensive research, Morison offers a detailed portrait of Gibbon's life and intellectual legacy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Autor

James Augustus Cotter Morison, an English essayist and historian, was born in London. His father, who had amassed a huge fortune as the inventor and proprietor of "Morison's Pills," lived in Paris until his death in 1840, and Cotter Morison thus gained not just knowledge of the French language, but also a deep affinity for France and French institutions. He was educated at Highgate School and Lincoln College, Oxford. Here he was influenced by Mark Pattison, to whom his receptive personality may have owed a certain over-fastidiousness that defined his entire career. He also met the main English Positivists and became a devout follower of their views. Nonetheless, he maintained a great affinity for the Roman Catholic religion and once spent several weeks in a Catholic convent. Another significant influence shows in the magnificent Life of St Bernard, which he published in 1863, that of his friend Carlyle, to whom the work is dedicated and whose style it is heavily influenced. Meanwhile, he had been a regular writer, first to the Literary Gazette, edited by his friend John Morley, and later to the Saturday Review during its most creative period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9781021954343
• ISBN-10: 1021954349
• Artikelnr.: 68737421