'Why Halifax, who wrote so well, wrote so little, is hard to explain', commented James Sutherland in his 1969 volume of the Oxford History of English Literature, in which the informal elegance of the author's expression is said to mark 'the culminating point of Restoration prose'. An important figure in the politics of his time, Halifax is increasingly seen as an important literary figure as well. This is the first complete edition of his works to make use of all sixty-one available manuscripts. Of his thirty works, seventeen are being published for the first time, having lain unnoticed for...
'Why Halifax, who wrote so well, wrote so little, is hard to explain', commented James Sutherland in his 1969 volume of the Oxford History of English ...
A scholarly edition of The Works of George Savile, Marquess of Halifax by Mark N. Brown. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
A scholarly edition of The Works of George Savile, Marquess of Halifax by Mark N. Brown. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an ...
A scholarly edition of The Works of George Savile, Marquess of Halifax by Mark N. Brown. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
A scholarly edition of The Works of George Savile, Marquess of Halifax by Mark N. Brown. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an ...
