The English Della Cruscans and Their Time, 1783-1828

by William Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley

The English Della Cruscan School, although its nucleus was formed in 1785 by the publication of The Florence Miscellany, existed neither in the consciousness of the group which formed it nor in that of the pu blic until it was so dubbed as a term of reproach by William Gifford in his bitter satire The Baviad (1791). As has already been mentioned Merry, the leader of the group, claimed to be a member of the Real Accademia Fiorentina which had swallowed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9024701988
• ISBN13: 9789024701988
• Release Date: July 1967
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"