A New Spirit of the Age (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Richard Hengist Horne

Overview

In 1844 the author, assisted by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, assembled this treasury of critical writings modeled after William Hazlitt’s 1825 Spirit of the Age. Authors treated biographically and critically include Charles Dickens, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Thomas Carlyle, Mary Shelley, and Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, among others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411460355
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/28/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Richard Hengist Horne (1802-1884), was an English poet and critic, best known for his epic poem Orion. He traveled widely, serving in the Mexican navy and living in Australia as a civil servant, but he always returned to England. His books include Australian Autobiography, The Death of Marlowe, and Prometheus the Fire-bringer.