Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
Isaac D'Israeli
62 chapters · 25 h 54 min · English
Read by Jim Locke, Annyiee Hill, Bruce Pirie, Corrinne LePage, Lynda Marie Neilson, Greg Giordano and others
Literary Criticism · History
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This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics, by no means limited to literature only, but also containing numerous essays on history, politics, and customs of English society. Therefore, this book will not only interest students of literature, but any reader should be able to find something matching his or her particular interests. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 Local Descriptions 10 min 2 Masques 27 min 3 Of des Maizeaux, and the secret History of Anthony Collins's Manuscripts 28 min 4 History of new Words 30 min 5 The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 1 33 min 6 The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 2 34 min 7 The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 3 27 min 8 Confusion of Words 45 min 9 Political Nicknames 28 min 10 The domestic Life of a Poet - Shenstone vindicated 34 min 11 Secret History of the Building of Blenheim 26 min 12 Secret History of Sir Walter Rawleigh 39 min 13 An authentic Narrative of the last Hours of Sir Walter Rawleigh 22 min 14 Literary Unions 19 min 15 Of a Biography Painted 20 min 16 Cause and Pretext 10 min 17 Political Forgeries and Fictions 17 min 18 Expression of suppressed Opinion 40 min 19 Autographs 12 min 20 The History of Writing-masters 29 min 21 The Italian Historians 30 min 22 Of Palaces built by Ministers 20 min 23 'Taxation no Tyranny' 23 min 24 The Book of Death 21 min 25 History of the Skeleton of Death 27 min 26 The Rival Biographers of Heylin 20 min 27 Of Lenglet du Fresnoy 26 min 28 The Dictionary of Trevoux 12 min 29 Quadrio's Account of English Poetry 17 min 30 'Political Religionism' 20 min 31 Toleration 32 min 32 Apology for the Parisian Massacre 16 min 33 Prediction, part 1 26 min 34 Prediction, part 2 33 min 35 Dreams at the Dawn of Philosophy 51 min 36 On Puck the Commentator 15 min 37 Literary Forgeries 37 min 38 Of Literary Filchers 15 min 39 Of Lord Bacon at Home 22 min 40 Secret History of the Death of Queen Elizabeth 15 min 41 James the First as a Father and a Husband 14 min 42 The Man of one Book 10 min 43 A Bibliognoste 20 min 44 Secret History of an elective Monarchy 50 min 45 Buildings in the Metropolis, and Residence in the Country 24 min 46 Royal Proclamations 29 min 47 True Sources of secret History 40 min 48 Literary Residences 19 min 49 Whether allowable to ruin oneself? 27 min 50 Discoveries of secluded Men 16 min 51 Sentimental Biography 39 min 52 Literary Parallels 7 min 53 The Pearl Bibles, and six Thousand Errata 16 min 54 View of a particular Period of the State of Religion in our Civil Wars 31 min 55 Buckingham's political Coquetry with the Puritans 12 min 56 Sir Edward Coke's Exceptions against the high Sheriff's Oath 3 min 57 Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 1 39 min 58 Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 2 33 min 59 Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 3 25 min 60 The Rump 31 min 61 Life and Habits of a literary Antiquary - Oldys and his Manuscripts, part 1 32 min 62 Life and Habits of a literary Antiquary - Oldys and his Manuscripts, part 2 31 min
