Richard Bentley Poetry and Enlightenment |
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| Author:
| Haugen, Kristine Louise |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-05871-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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What warranted the skewering of Richard Bentley (whom Rhodri Lewis called "perhaps the most notable--and notorious--scholar ever to have English as a mother tongue") by two of the literary giants of his day? Kristine Haugen offers a fascinating portrait of Europe's most infamous classical scholar and the intellectual turmoil he set in motion.
What warranted the skewering of Richard Bentley (whom Rhodri Lewis called "perhaps the most notable--and notorious--scholar ever to have English as a mother tongue") by two of the literary giants of his day? Kristine Haugen offers a fascinating portrait of Europe's most infamous classical scholar and the intellectual turmoil he set in motion.