British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8Scribner, 1979 - 400 pages This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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... England Under the Stuarts , had been fail- ures . No theme had captured his imagination in the same way . Much of his creative energy was being ab- sorbed in public work ; he was a member of the Royal Commission on Oxford and Cambridge ...
... England Under the Stuarts , had been fail- ures . No theme had captured his imagination in the same way . Much of his creative energy was being ab- sorbed in public work ; he was a member of the Royal Commission on Oxford and Cambridge ...
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... England , in which every word had to count , helped to simplify his style without weakening his gift for a memorable phrase . Whatever may have been the cause , words in these books are used with absolute mastery : passage after passage ...
... England , in which every word had to count , helped to simplify his style without weakening his gift for a memorable phrase . Whatever may have been the cause , words in these books are used with absolute mastery : passage after passage ...
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... England in the Age of Wycliffe " ( Lon- don , 1899 ) ; England Under the Stuarts ( London , 1904 ; rev . ed . , 1925 ) ; The Poetry and Philosophy of George Meredith ( London , 1906 ) ; Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Repub- lic ...
... England in the Age of Wycliffe " ( Lon- don , 1899 ) ; England Under the Stuarts ( London , 1904 ; rev . ed . , 1925 ) ; The Poetry and Philosophy of George Meredith ( London , 1906 ) ; Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Repub- lic ...
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GEORGE MOORE A Norman Jeffares | 1 |
ARNOLD BENNETT Kenneth Young | 247 |
JOHN GALSWORTHY Margery M Morgan | 269 |
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