Book Description
The author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about French artists, composers, and writers.
Author : Carlton Lake
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780811211307
The author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about French artists, composers, and writers.
Author : Rossiter Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : Martin R. Kalfatovic
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :
Bibliography of published literature on Egypt from the earliest times to 1918. ...will provide scholars, armchair travelers, and future visitors to the region with a well-organized source list and miniature travel history. --ARBA
Author : Helen Waddell
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Chinese poetry
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Author : Cecilia Wadsö Lecaros
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
An investigation of the Victorian governess novel as a specific genre. Based on a comprehensive set of nineteenth-century novels, governess manuals, articles and biographical material, it shows how the Victorian Governess novel made up a vital part of the governess debate, as well as of the more general debate on female education.
Author : William F. Halloran
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,72 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1783745037
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade "Fiona Macleod" duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman. Sharp wrote "I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out". This three-volume collection brings together Sharp’s own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp’s intriguing "second self". With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.
Author : Roger Paulin
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1800642156
From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture is a collection of Roger Paulin’s groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously researched, yet highly accessible. As a comprehensive examination of German literary history in the period 1700-1900, the collection not only includes accounts of the lives and work of Goethe, Schiller, the Schlegels, and Gundolf (amongst others), serving to nuance our understanding of these figures in history, but also considers diverse (and often underexplored) topics, from academic freedom to the rise of travel literature. The essays have been reformulated, corrected, and updated to add references to recent works. However, the core foundations of the originals remain, and just as when they were first published, the value of these essays – to researchers, students, and all those who are interested in German literary history – cannot be overstated.
Author : Kathryn Hughes
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781852853259
The figure of the governess is very familiar from nineteenth-century literature. Much less is known about the governess in reality. This book is the first rounded exploration of what the life of the home schoolroom was actually like. Drawing on original diaries and a variety of previously undiscovered sources, Kathryn Hughes describes why the period 1840-80 was the classic age of governesses. She examines their numbers, recruitment, teaching methods, social position and prospects. The governess provides a key to the central Victorian concept of the lady. Her education consisted of a series of accomplishments designed to attract a husband able to keep her in the style to which she had become accustomed from birth. Becoming a governess was the only acceptable way of earning money open to a lady whose family could not support her in leisure. Being paid to educate another woman's children set in play a series of social and emotional tensions. The governess was a surrogate mother, who was herself childless, a young woman whose marriage prospects were restricted, and a family member who was sometimes mistaken for a servant.
Author : University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society
Publisher :
Page : 1338 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 1917
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Author : Eugene C. Burt
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2010-05-24
Category : Art
ISBN :
"This alphabetically arranged dictionary of artists known to have produced works depicting sexual imagery profiles the artists from ancient times to the present. Each entry offers biographical information, including the artist's name and any variants, birth and death dates, geographic focus, a description of the artist's media, training and the nature of their artistic output"--Provided by publisher.