About this title: Thomas Love Peacock was an 18th century English author and satirist. Peacock's work was influenced by his friend Percy Bysshe Shelley. Peacock's novels used the same basic setting that of a group of people at a table discussing and criticizing philosophical opinions. Nightmare Abbey was written in 1818. This satire pokes fun at the Romantic Movement in English literature. The characters in the novel are based on historic figures. Peacock sees the British as being obsessed with transcendental philosophical systems and morbid subjects of any kind. Many of the allusions in the book are specific ...
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Description: New. Published by Bibliobazaar, 2008, 97 pages. Trade paperback with no spine creasing or edge wear, pages are clean and unmarked. No remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BOOK JUNGLE
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781605975443ISBN:1605975443
Description: New. Thomas Love Peacock was an 18th century English author and satirist. Peacock's work was influenced by his friend Percy Bysshe Shelley. Peacock's novels used the same basic setting that of a group of people at a table discussing and criticizing philos... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: FOLIO SOCIETY
Date Published: 1994
Description: Published by FOLIO SOCIETY in 1994, 125 pages, reprint, hardback (no D/J), medium size, covers good, internally very good. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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