A History of New York by Dietrich Knickerbocker Paperback Book 9781375038942

Nineteenth Century Collections Online European Literature 17901840 The Corvey Collection includes the fulltext of more than 9500 English French and German titles The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere including fiction short prose dramatic works poetry and more with a focus on especially difficulttofind works by lesserknown historically neglected writersThe Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise both bibliophiles with varied interests The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period These invaluable sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchersEuropean Literature 17901840 The Corvey Collection includes Novels and Gothic Novels Short Stories BellesLettres Short Prose Forms Dramatic Works Poetry Anthologies And moreSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical...