Isaac Bickerstaff: Physician and Astrologer (Dodo Press)
Isaac Bickerstaff Esq was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge. In 1709, Richard Steele bolstered the release of his new paper The Tatler by naming the fictitious Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. as editor. The Tatler had occasional contributions from Swift, although largely written by Steele and Joseph Addison. Sir Richard Steele (baptised 1672-1729) was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator. A member of the Protestant gentry, he was educated at Charterhouse School, where he f…
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Weitere Autoren: Morley, Henry (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-4099-5742-3
- EAN: 9781409957423
- Produktnummer: 5358573
- Verlag: Lulu Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 132 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.8 cm 204 g
- Gewicht: 204
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