William Writes to William

The Correspondence of William Gilpin (1724-1804) and his Grandson William (1789-1811)
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5984-4
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten

William Gilpin (1724-1804) is commonly known as one of the originators of the idea of the picturesque. He was also an Anglican clergyman, a schoolmaster with modern educational ideas and the author of several biographies, tours and essays.

The present edition provides a first insight into his more personal writings, since it is made of the correspondence he exchanged with his grandson between 1794 and 1803. It is teeming with personal, intimate detail on his daily life, domestic and aesthetic concerns. The letters also deal with such various topics as nature, architecture and religion. The relationship is highly pleasurable and discloses the art of being a grand-father, as well as illustrating the first steps of a young boy’s writing of letters.

The tone of some of William Gilpin’s letters is highly moral, since the grand-father’s aim was also obviously to educate and edify his grandson. As such, the present book is an excellent counterpart to William Gilpin’s letter-writing manual, William Gilpin’s Letter-Writer (CSP, 2014).

The correspondence is presented with an introduction, notes and index, focusing on the issues of sources, society and epistolary writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kerhervé, Alain

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Kerhervé, Alain
Alain Kerhervé is a Professor in English at the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines Victor Segalen, Brest, Brittany, France. He is a member of the HCTI research laboratory and of the Société d'Etudes anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. He wrote a book on Mary Delany (1700-1788), published by L'Harmattan in 2004, and edited letters from and to Mary Delany (Polite Letters, CSP, 2009) and a letter-writing manual (The Ladies Complete Letter-Writer, CSP, 2010).

Alain Kerhervé is a Professor in English at the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines Victor Segalen, Brest, Brittany, France. He is a member of the HCTI research laboratory and of the Société d'Etudes anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. He wrote a book on Mary Delany (1700-1788), published by L'Harmattan in 2004, and edited letters from and to Mary Delany (Polite Letters, CSP, 2009) and a letter-writing manual (The Ladies Complete Letter-Writer, CSP, 2010).