Author: Dorothy Richardson Jones
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472103164
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
An early advocate of art for art's sake, George Saintsbury became, for the English reader of the 1880s, the interpreter of all French literature, and later, a pioneer in comparative literature and historian of English prosody and prose rhythm. His early years at Oxford shaped his literary attitudes for life. After a decade as a schoolmaster, he was for many years a leading London journalist, then professor of English at the University of Edinburgh. Eighteen more years saw a steady flow of prefaces and essays and a history of the French novel. In "King of Critics" one meets a man of myriad literary tastes who wished to know the whole history of European literature and share it all with readers. He loved equally the purest lyrics of Shelley and the complexity of Donne, the richness of Rabelais, the panorama of Scott and medieval romance, and the profound depths of irony in Swift and Ecclesiastes, and always urged upon the reader the joys of minor writers. "King of Critics" is a fascinating study not only of Saintsbury, but of the literary world of Victorian-Edwardian England. It will appeal to a wide variety of readers, particularly those interested in biography and literary history and criticism.
"King of Critics"
Author: Dorothy Richardson Jones
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472103164
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
An early advocate of art for art's sake, George Saintsbury became, for the English reader of the 1880s, the interpreter of all French literature, and later, a pioneer in comparative literature and historian of English prosody and prose rhythm. His early years at Oxford shaped his literary attitudes for life. After a decade as a schoolmaster, he was for many years a leading London journalist, then professor of English at the University of Edinburgh. Eighteen more years saw a steady flow of prefaces and essays and a history of the French novel. In "King of Critics" one meets a man of myriad literary tastes who wished to know the whole history of European literature and share it all with readers. He loved equally the purest lyrics of Shelley and the complexity of Donne, the richness of Rabelais, the panorama of Scott and medieval romance, and the profound depths of irony in Swift and Ecclesiastes, and always urged upon the reader the joys of minor writers. "King of Critics" is a fascinating study not only of Saintsbury, but of the literary world of Victorian-Edwardian England. It will appeal to a wide variety of readers, particularly those interested in biography and literary history and criticism.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472103164
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
An early advocate of art for art's sake, George Saintsbury became, for the English reader of the 1880s, the interpreter of all French literature, and later, a pioneer in comparative literature and historian of English prosody and prose rhythm. His early years at Oxford shaped his literary attitudes for life. After a decade as a schoolmaster, he was for many years a leading London journalist, then professor of English at the University of Edinburgh. Eighteen more years saw a steady flow of prefaces and essays and a history of the French novel. In "King of Critics" one meets a man of myriad literary tastes who wished to know the whole history of European literature and share it all with readers. He loved equally the purest lyrics of Shelley and the complexity of Donne, the richness of Rabelais, the panorama of Scott and medieval romance, and the profound depths of irony in Swift and Ecclesiastes, and always urged upon the reader the joys of minor writers. "King of Critics" is a fascinating study not only of Saintsbury, but of the literary world of Victorian-Edwardian England. It will appeal to a wide variety of readers, particularly those interested in biography and literary history and criticism.
The Book Buyer
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Philosopher as Writer
Author: Robert Ginsberg
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9780941664257
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Explores the literary dimension in the practice of philosophy by eighteenth-century authors, including Rousseau, Kant, Leibniz, Herder, Hume, Pope, Shaftesbury, and Wollstonecraft. A wide range of literary structures and stylistic questions are considered.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9780941664257
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Explores the literary dimension in the practice of philosophy by eighteenth-century authors, including Rousseau, Kant, Leibniz, Herder, Hume, Pope, Shaftesbury, and Wollstonecraft. A wide range of literary structures and stylistic questions are considered.
The Quarterly Review
Author: William Gifford
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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A Bibliography of Thomas Carlyle's Writings and Ana
Author: Isaac Watson Dyer
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The Bookman
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Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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The Atlantic Monthly
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Encyclopedia of the Essay
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135314101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135314101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies
The Spectator
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1240
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
A Concise Bibliography for Students of English
Author: Arthur Garfield Kennedy
Publisher: Stanford University Press
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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