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

Landor

Sidney Colvin

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• Published in 1881 in the first series of English Men of Letters, this biography by Sir Sidney Colvin of the poet Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) open... Lees meer

Coleridge

Henry Duff Traill

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• The publication in 1798 of Lyrical Ballads, written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), is considered to be the starting po... Lees meer

Robert Burns

John Campbell Shairp

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• Like other works in the first series of English Men of Letters, Shairp's 1879 biography of Robert Burns (1759-96) is a work of both history and litera... 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

Gibbon

James Cotter Morison

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• Described by his biographer as the author of 'monumental and supreme' histories, Edward Gibbon (1737-94) is widely acknowledged as a major figure of t... 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

de Quincey

David Masson

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• Combining intellectual enthusiasm with analytical bite, David Masson's biography of the self-confessed opium eater provides readers with valuable insi... 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

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

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

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

Bacon

Richard William Church

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• This introduction to the life and works of Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1884. The author, ... 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

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

Keats

Sidney Colvin

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• Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) was the obvious choice to write a book on John Keats (1795-1821) for the first series of English Men of Letters. At vari... Lees meer

Burke

John Morley

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• This volume on Edmund Burke (1729-97), published in 1879 in the first series of English Men of Letters, was written by the general editor of the serie... Lees meer

Goldsmith

William Black

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• Written by Scottish novelist William Black (1841-98), this biography of the Irish-born poet, dramatist and novelist Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728-74) was p... Lees meer