Milton

Mark Pattison

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• This life of John Milton was first published in the English Men of Letters series in 1879. Its author, Mark Pattison (1813-84) spent most of his adult... Lees meer

Macaulay

J Cotter Morison

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• Historian, essayist and poet, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) is described by his biographer as possessing a mind that was born wise and nurtured ... Lees meer

Wordsworth

F W H Myers

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• The publication in 1798 of Lyrical Ballads, written by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is considered to have launched the ... Lees meer

Southey

Edward Dowden

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• This 1879 biography of poet and author Robert Southey (1774-1843), friend of Coleridge and Wordsworth, and Poet Laureate, provided a fresh and concise... Lees meer

Cowper

Goldwin Smith

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• This biography of William Cowper by Goldwin Smith (1823-1910) was published in the first series of 'English Men of Letters' in 1880 (this reissue bein... Lees meer

Sir Philip Sidney

John Addington Symonds

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• Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86) was an English poet and courtier who is now seen as one of the most influential English writers of the sixteenth century. ... Lees meer

Hawthorne

Henry James

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• This critical essay and biography by Henry James (1843-1916) of his fellow American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64), today best remembered for ... Lees meer

Samuel Johnson

Leslie Stephen

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• The English poet, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is perhaps most famous for his Dictionary of the English Lang... Lees meer

Spenser

Richard William Church

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• Edmund Spenser (1552-99) has been described as one of the greatest English poets, and is best known for The Faerie Queene, which he composed in celebr... Lees meer

Charles Lamb

Alfred Ainger

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• Written by clergyman Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), this 1882 biography of writer Charles Lamb (1775-1834) is the twenty-first book in the first series of... Lees meer

Sterne

Henry Duff Traill

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• Lawrence Sterne (1713-69) was an Anglican clergyman best remembered as the author of the satirical and highly influential novel The Life and Opinions ... Lees meer

Locke

Thomas Fowler

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• This biography of the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1880. Its author, Thomas Fowle... Lees meer

English Men of Letters 39 Volume Set

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• In the 1870s, the publishing house of Macmillan began to issue a series of books called English Men of Letters - biographies of English writers by oth... Lees meer

Bunyan

James Anthony Froude

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• John Bunyan (1628-88), the Bedfordshire tinker and non-conformist preacher, is best known for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Published in 1880 in the... Lees meer

Addison

William Courthope

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• W. J. Courthope's biography of politician and writer Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was published in 1884 in the first series of English Men of Letters. E... Lees meer

Daniel Defoe

William Minto

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• Published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1879, a time when a complete edition of Daniel Defoe's works was yet to be collated, this b... Lees meer

Swift

Leslie Stephen

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• Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) came from a distinguished family of politicians, jurists and writers, and was the father of Vanessa Bell and Virginia W... Lees meer

Dryden

George Saintsbury

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• John Dryden (1631-1700) was an English poet and playwright, whose works led to the English Restoration period becoming known as 'The Age of Dryden'. P... Lees meer

Byron

John Nichol

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• George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) is regarded as one of Britain's greatest poets. As famous for his personality as he was for his poetry, he was r... Lees meer

Alexander Pope

Leslie Stephen

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• Blending history with literary criticism and general reflections with hard facts, this biography from 1880, which places the man in the context of his... Lees meer

Shelley

John Addington Symonds

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• John Addington Symonds (1840-93), well known as an author, poet and critic, wrote this biography of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) in an at... Lees meer

Thomas Carlyle

John Nichol

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• This biography of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1892. The author, John Nichol (1833-94), w... Lees meer

Hume

Thomas Henry Huxley

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• What is philosophy about? According to the author of this work (published in the first series of 'English Men of Letters' in 1879) it is fundamentally... Lees meer

Sir Walter Scott

Richard Holt Hutton

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• Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is famous for his poetry and historical romances such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy. As the first English-language author to ach... Lees meer