The Influence of Switzerland on the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon.(Book Review)

The Modern Language Review | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

The Influence of Switzerland on the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon. By BRIAN NORMAN. (SVEC 2002:03) Oxford: Voltaire Foundation. 2002. xvi+176 pp. 39 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7294-0791-8.

This study, the first to concentrate so closely on Gibbon and Switzerland, begins by looking at Gibbon's first two trips to that country (1753-58 and 1763-64) and his early writings, such as the Letter on the Government of Berne and the Essai sur l'etude de la literature. Detailed discussion of the use of accents in the former work leads to conclusions about the likely date of ...

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