This introduction to the life and works of Francis Bacon (1561–1626) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1884. The author, R. W. Church (1815–90), who also wrote on Spenser for this series, begins forcefully: 'The life of Francis Bacon is one which it is a pain to wri...

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Beteilige Person:	Church, Richard W. 1815-1890 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1884
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. English Men of Letters
Schlagwörter:	Bacon, Francis > 1561-1626
Links:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139083690 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139083690 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139083690
Zusammenfassung:	This introduction to the life and works of Francis Bacon (1561–1626) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1884. The author, R. W. Church (1815–90), who also wrote on Spenser for this series, begins forcefully: 'The life of Francis Bacon is one which it is a pain to write or to read. It is the life of a man endowed with as rare a combination of noble gifts as ever was bestowed on a human intellect … And yet it was not only an unhappy life; it was a poor life.' Church, while paying the highest tribute to Bacon's intellectual achievements in so many different fields, argues that 'there was in Bacon's 'self' a deep and fatal flaw. He was a pleaser of men.' He believed that this work should correct the adulatory stance adopted by earlier biographers, and reveal the whole, imperfect man
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Umfang:	1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:	9781139083690
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139083690