Hurds Letters on Chivalry & Romance, With the Third Elizabethan Dialogue

Kurd s Letters on Chivalry and Romance have been curiously neglected, considering how strong a light they throw upon the trend of critical thought in the second half of the eighteenth century. There has been no separate reprint for more than a century, while the only complete collected edition of his Works appeared as long ago as 1811. It is hoped that this edition of the hird Dialogue and of the Letters on Chivalry and Romance may help to reinstate Kurd in his rightful position among the heralds of the romantic revival in criticism. The text of the Letters has been reprinted from the first edition, which appeared in 1762, and has been carefully collated with that of the last edition which appeared during the authors lifetime, namely, that of 1788. The variations, other than those which are merely typographical, or unimportant changes in spelling and punctuation, are given in footnotes and appendices, and many of them show clearly the advance that was made in Kurds critical outlook between these dates. The Dialogue, the authorship of which Kurd did not acknowledge when it first appeared, attributing it in a footnote to the Kon. Robt. Digby, has been reprinted from the edition of 1788. The following is a list of the editions of Letters on Chivalry and Romance and Moral and Political Dialogues: Litters on Chivalry and Romanccy 1762 (reprinted in the tame year).(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.