Edward Gibbon, ‘Essai sur l’étude de la littérature’

Before he had even conceived of the <em>Decline and fall of the Roman Empire</em> there was another Edward Gibbon, a young expatriate living in Switzerland and writing in French. In the Essai, a work of remarkable erudition and energy completed by the age of twenty-one, Gibbon reflects o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mankin, R
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Voltaire Foundation 2017