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:
ELIZABETH GASKELL by Miriam Allott 1
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY by John Carey 17
CHARLES DICKENS by Barbara Hardy 41
EDWARD LEAR by Joanna Richardson 75
ANTHONY TROLLOPE by Hugh Sykes Davies 89
THE BRONTES by Winifred Gerin 105
ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH by Isabel Armstrong 155
JOHN RUSKIN by Peter Quennell 173
GEORGE ELIOT by Lettice Cooper 187
MATTHEW ARNOLD by Kenneth Allott 203
GEORGE MEREDITH by Phyllis Bartlett 219
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI by Oswald Doughty 235
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI by Georgina Battiscombe 247
LEWIS CARROLL by Derek Hudson 261
LESLIE STEPHEN by Phyllis Grosskurth 277
WILLIAM MORRIS by Philip Henderson 291
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by Ian Fletcher 309
WALTER HORATIO PATER by Ian Fletcher 337
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS by Graham Storey 361
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON by G. B. Stem 383
OSCAR WILDE by John Stokes 399
GEORGE GISSING by A. C. Ward 423
FRANCIS THOMPSON by Peter Butter 439
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