Chronology Entry
Year
1756
Text
Horace Walpole composes two unpublished letters for The world upon the story of a notorious book-burning Chinese emperor to mount a playfully satire assault on the excesses of the publishing industry.
Mentioned People (1)
Walpole, Horace
(London 1717-1797 London) : Schriftsteller, Kunsthistoriker, Politiker, Gelehrter
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | Porter, David. From Chinese to Goth : Walpole and the gothic repudiation of chinoiserie. In : Eighteenth-century life ; vol. 23, no 1 (1999). | Publication / Walp2 |
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