{"product_id":"caxtoniana-a-series-of-essays-on-life-literature-and-manners-paperback-9781108072786","title":"Caxtoniana; A Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108072786","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCaxtoniana\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1863 collection of essays on morality, literary style, psychology, politics and readership by hugely popular Victorian novelist Bulwer Lytton.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Bulwer Lytton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108072786, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1849 Edward Bulwer Lytton published the popular novel The Caxtons, about an eccentric family who claimed descent from the printer William Caxton. Its hero, Pisistratus Caxton, was named as the author of two subsequent works, My Novel (1853) and What Will He Do With It? (1859), which were less successful. Bulwer Lytton was referring to those novels when he named this two-volume collection of literary and philosophical essays Caxtoniana, first published in 1863 and here reprinted from the 1864 edition. They were the result of his wide reading on scientific, philosophical and occult subjects which he made use of in several of his works, particularly the supernatural A Strange Story (1862). Many of the essays in Caxtoniana deal with morality and the artist, others with literary style, psychology, politics and readership. Lytton claimed that these subjects were expressed in the form of romance in the 'Caxton' novels.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. On the increased attention to outward nature in the decline of life\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the differences between the urban and rural temperament\u003cbr\u003e 3. On monotony in occupation as a source of happiness\u003cbr\u003e 4. On the normal clairvoyance of the imagination\u003cbr\u003e 5. On intellectual conduct as distinct from moral: the 'superior man'\u003cbr\u003e 6. On shyness\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the management of money (addressed chiefly to the young)\u003cbr\u003e 8. On rhythm in prose, as conducive to precision and clearness\u003cbr\u003e 9. On style and diction\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hints on moral culture\u003cbr\u003e 11. On the moral effect of writers\u003cbr\u003e 12. On the distinction between active thought and reverie\u003cbr\u003e 13. On the spirit in which new theories should be received\u003cbr\u003e 14. On essay-writing in general, and these essays in particular\u003cbr\u003e 15. The sanguine temperament\u003cbr\u003e 16. The organ of weight\u003cbr\u003e 17. The sympathetic temperament\u003cbr\u003e 18. Faith and charity\u003cbr\u003e or, the union, in practical life, of sincerity and conciliation\u003cbr\u003e 19. Upon the efficacy of praise (in supplement to the preceding essay)\u003cbr\u003e 20. On self-control\u003cbr\u003e 21. The modern misanthrope.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005560901912,"sku":"9781108072786","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108072786i.jpg?v=1696748944","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/caxtoniana-a-series-of-essays-on-life-literature-and-manners-paperback-9781108072786","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}