English humorists
By: by William Makepeace Thackeray; ed. with an introduction and notes by J. C. Castleman.
Contributors: Castelman, Justus Collins, ed.
Series: Half-title: Macmillan's pocket American and English classics
Publisher: The Macmillan company
Published: 1910
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: English wit and humor -- History and criticism; Humorists, English -- 18th century -- Biography; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Bibliography: p.xxiv
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Biographical sketch; Contemporary authors; Bibliography.-English humorists: Swift; Congreve and Addison; Steele; Prior, Gay, and Pope; Hogarth, Smollett, and Fielding; Sterne and Goldsmith.-Notes.-Index to notes.