Project Gutenberg 2010-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 171 Disraeli, Isaac 1766 1848 D'Israeli, I. (Isaac) Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield 1804 1881 Disraeli, B. (Benjamin), Earl of Beaconsfield Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3" by Isaac Disraeli is a volume in a collection of literary essays written in the early 19th century. This work explores various facets of literature and its historical development, delving into topics such as local descriptions, the nature of court masques, and the evolution of words, offering readers a blend of literary criticism, history, and philosophical insights. The opening of the volume begins with an examination of the shortcomings of minute and lengthy local descriptions in literature, critiquing their tendency to confuse rather than clarify. Disraeli argues that effective local descriptions should be concise and evocative, allowing the imagination to fill in the details rather than overwhelming the reader with unnecessary specifics. He supports his argument with references to notable literary figures, including Pliny and Scudery, highlighting how even celebrated writers struggled with this aspect of description. This sets the tone for the discussions that follow in the volume, which aim to unravel the complexities and curiosities embedded within literary practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English literature -- History and criticism Literature -- Anecdotes Litterateurs PN Text Bibliomania Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 1644898 1644834 2024-09-13T08:13:53.315996 2023-09-13T12:51:47.862665 text/html text/html 1671792 2021-01-06T01:42:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 609700 2021-01-06T01:42:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 683850 2024-09-13T08:14:16.355874 application/epub+zip 714288 2024-09-13T08:13:57.200006 application/epub+zip 708243 2024-09-13T08:13:55.109038 application/epub+zip 1247921 2024-09-13T08:14:29.139792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1205481 2024-09-13T08:14:14.276894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1199720 2022-09-14T09:55:46.768514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1437565 1437464 2024-09-13T08:13:49.790036 2023-09-13T12:51:44.412668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1436840 2021-01-06T01:42:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 565701 2021-01-06T01:42:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1436928 2021-01-06T01:42:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 564997 2021-01-06T01:42:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21510 2024-09-13T08:14:29.312782 application/rdf+xml 18518 2024-09-13T08:13:55.584971 image/jpeg 4326 2024-09-13T08:13:55.347973 image/jpeg 661713 2024-09-13T08:13:53.450970 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia