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Prince of Dublin Printers : The Letters of George Faulkner /

Here for the first time are gathered together the extant letters of George Faulkner, Irish printer in eighteenth-century Dublin. These firsthand accounts give an unprecedented view of Anglo-Irish social and political events, as well as a view of an Anglo-Irish printer-publisher at work. Faulkner dis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775
Otros Autores: Ward, Robert E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Here for the first time are gathered together the extant letters of George Faulkner, Irish printer in eighteenth-century Dublin. These firsthand accounts give an unprecedented view of Anglo-Irish social and political events, as well as a view of an Anglo-Irish printer-publisher at work. Faulkner discusses a wide range of subjects, including theatrical events, attacks on political enemies (he himself was often the subject of political attack), and London parties with Lord Chesterfield, Tobias Smollet, and Samuel Johnson. In his interesting sketch of the Irish printer, Robert E. Ward has included.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9780813165318