The Author, the Book & the ReaderGreenwich Exchange, 1991 - 220 pages This collection of essays analyses the effects of changing technology and the attendant commercial pressures on literary styles and subject matter. Authors covered include Charles Dickens, Tobias George Smollett, Mark Twain, Dr Johnson and John le Carre. |
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... get James , Duke of York , barred from succeeding his brother , Charles II , on the grounds that he was a Roman Catholic . Shaftesbury wanted the 18 Duke of Monmouth , illegitimate son of Charles II Lines of communication.
... get James , Duke of York , barred from succeeding his brother , Charles II , on the grounds that he was a Roman Catholic . Shaftesbury wanted the 18 Duke of Monmouth , illegitimate son of Charles II Lines of communication.
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... York , who became King in 1685. Dryden had clearly demonstrated that if a writer had to earn a living , then in his view , the writer had to provide what the times required . In accord with the trend of the times he now published The ...
... York , who became King in 1685. Dryden had clearly demonstrated that if a writer had to earn a living , then in his view , the writer had to provide what the times required . In accord with the trend of the times he now published The ...
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... York : Vintage , 1976 ) , pp . 330-31 . 22. Ronald Reagan's Call to Action ( New York : Warner , 1976 ) , p . 40 . 23. ' America's Europe : A Hobbit Among Gandalfs ' , In Nation , 24 January 1981 . I am indebted to Jessica Yates of the ...
... York : Vintage , 1976 ) , pp . 330-31 . 22. Ronald Reagan's Call to Action ( New York : Warner , 1976 ) , p . 40 . 23. ' America's Europe : A Hobbit Among Gandalfs ' , In Nation , 24 January 1981 . I am indebted to Jessica Yates of the ...
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Samuel Johnson as Parliamentary | 29 |
Tobias Smollett and the West Indian | 48 |
Edgar Allan Poe meets Inspector Morse | 72 |
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