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The Theophrastan Character in England to 1642
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. I. The Characters of Theophrastus 3
  5. II. The Character and Classical Rhetoric 11
  6. III. The Native Background of Character-Writing 53
  7. IV. Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices 122
  8. V. The Overburian Characters 136
  9. VI. The Theory and the Vogue of the Character: From Casaubon to Earle 152
  10. VII. The Character in Relation to the Essay and the Sermon 190
  11. VIII. The Main Character-Books After Overbury 220
  12. IX. Outlying Territory: Late Characters, Biography, and the Drama 287
  13. Index 319
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674733848.c8

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. I. The Characters of Theophrastus 3
  5. II. The Character and Classical Rhetoric 11
  6. III. The Native Background of Character-Writing 53
  7. IV. Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices 122
  8. V. The Overburian Characters 136
  9. VI. The Theory and the Vogue of the Character: From Casaubon to Earle 152
  10. VII. The Character in Relation to the Essay and the Sermon 190
  11. VIII. The Main Character-Books After Overbury 220
  12. IX. Outlying Territory: Late Characters, Biography, and the Drama 287
  13. Index 319
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