In these essays the English author and critic Edmund Gosse analyses how personal character acts upon the work of literary artists in the 19th century. His detailed study includes the writings of such great authors as Swinburne, Tennyson and Gide. Reprint of the original edition from 1912.
In these essays the English author and critic Edmund Gosse analyses how personal character acts upon the work of literary artists in the 19th century....
The Allies Fairy Book contains a selection of traditional fairy tales from the allied countries participating in World War I. Its stories include; Jack the Giant Killer (English); The Battle of the Birds (Scottish); Lludd and Llevelys (Welsh); Gulesh (Irish); The Sleeping Beauty (French); Cesarino and the Dragon (Italian); What came of picking flowers (Portuguese); The Adventures of Little Peachling, The Foxs Wedding and The Tongue-Cut Sparrow (Japanese); Frost (Russian); The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens (Serbian); and The Last Adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel (Belgian). The tales are...
The Allies Fairy Book contains a selection of traditional fairy tales from the allied countries participating in World War I. Its stories include; Jac...
This work by Edmund Gosse (1849 1928) was commissioned by Macmillan as the third volume in a series of literary histories, and published in 1889, when literary criticism was still a relatively new field of academic study. His earlier work had led to his appointment as Lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1884 and to a hugely popular American lecture tour that same year. An established poet, author and critic, Gosse had a loyal following within the literary establishment of Cambridge and London, despite lacking formal academic qualifications. His approach to analysis was through personal...
This work by Edmund Gosse (1849 1928) was commissioned by Macmillan as the third volume in a series of literary histories, and published in 1889, when...
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with intr...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
