Sainte-Beuve; a literary portrait
by GIESE, William Frederick
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Madison: [np], 1931. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers. Uncut and partially unopened. Water-stains at spine of front wrapper, affecting first few gatherings; reddish stains as well as water-stains to spine of back wrapper affecting last few leaves. First edition. Giese was Emeritus professor of Romance Languages at the University of Wisconsin.
This work is number 31 from the University of Wisconsin Studies Language and Literature series, which was a quarterly publication of the University of Wisconsin treating various literary and language related topics.
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-69) was the foremost French literary critic of the nineteenth century, who abandoned his medical studies for literature. The present work studies not only the various roles that Sainte-Beuve played in his life, such as The Scholar, The Poet, The Novelist, The Moralist, and The Historian, but also his work and his contemporaries.
This work is number 31 from the University of Wisconsin Studies Language and Literature series, which was a quarterly publication of the University of Wisconsin treating various literary and language related topics.
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-69) was the foremost French literary critic of the nineteenth century, who abandoned his medical studies for literature. The present work studies not only the various roles that Sainte-Beuve played in his life, such as The Scholar, The Poet, The Novelist, The Moralist, and The Historian, but also his work and his contemporaries.
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- Bookseller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12185
- Title
- Sainte-Beuve; a literary portrait
- Author
- GIESE, William Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- [np]
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- literature, poetry, biography, american imprints, 20th century
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...