Description:
British Writers, Volume 1-8, is a collection of critical essays covering 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 with their distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background.
Key features:
DANIEL DEFOE by James Sutherland
JONATHAN SWIFT by A. Norman Jeffares
SIR RICHARD STEELE AND JOSEPH ADDISON by A. R. Humphreys
JOHN GAY by Oliver Warner
ALEXANDER POPE by Ian Jack
SAMUEL RICHARDSON by R. F. Brissenden
HENRY FIELDING by John Butt
SAMUEL JOHNSON by S. C. Roberts
LAURENCE STERNE by D. W. Jefferson
THOMAS GRAY by R. W. Ketton-Cremer
TOBIAS SMOLLETT by Laurence Brander
WILLIAM COLLINS by Oswald Doughty
OLIVER GOLDSMITH by A. Norman Jeffares
EDMUND BURKE by T. E. Utley
WILLIAM COWPER by Norman Nicholson
EDWARD GIBBON by. V. Wedgwood
JAMES BOSWELL by. A. W. Collins
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN by Arnold Hare
GEORGE CRABBE by R. L. Brett
WILLIAM BLAKE by J. B. Beer
ROBERT BURNS by David Daiches
THE GOTHIC NOVEL by Brendan Hennessy
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