Author : E. Harden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0230598579
This is the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the life and career of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63), one of the most eminent English novelists. Drawing upon Thackeray's extensive correspondence, memoirs of him by his contemporaries, subsequent biographical studies, and bibliographies of his writings, the Chronology presents a detailed account of his personal and professional life. It includes an invaluable 'Who's Who' section for ready reference.
Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher :
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 1869
Category : British
ISBN :
Scorned for her lack of money and breeding, Becky must use all her wit, charm and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess. From London's ballrooms to the battlefields of Waterloo, the bewitching Becky works her wiles on a gallery of memorable characters, including her lecherous employer, Sir Pitt, his rich sister, Miss Crawley, and Pitt's dashing son, Rawdon, the first of Becky's misguided sexual entanglements.
Author : william makepeace thackeray
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 1962
Category :
ISBN :
Author : O. Knowles
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137452390
Newly revised and enlarged, the second edition of A Conrad Chronology draws upon a rich range of published and unpublished materials. It offers a detailed factual record of Joseph Conrad's unfolding life as seaman and writer as well as tracing the compositional and publication history of his major works.
Author : W. Baker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137317256
The most detailed chronological account of Harold Pinter to appear, this new volume in the Author Chronologies series traces the daily activities of the Nobel Prize winning author. It is based upon published and unpublished materials, and discussion with his close friends, and is a basic reference tool for all Pinter students and scholars.
Author : W. Baker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2007-08-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230593224
This book builds on a critical and scholarly revival of interest in Collins. Baker draws upon biographical revelations and the recent publication of Collins's letters to provide a unique insight into both the man and the writer. The volume will appeal to all students of Collins and those with an interest in the life of Nineteenth-century England.
Author : R. Norburn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,8 MB
Release : 2008-02-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230583121
This new addition to the Author Chronologies series details the tumultuous and tragic life of Katherine Mansfield (she died from tuberculosis aged only thirty-four) and sheds new light on her approach and attitudes to writing.
Author : Martin Garrett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1137273275
This book covers the life and work of a wide range of writers from Coleridge to Wollstonecraft, Hemans, Beckford and their contemporaries. Also encompassing a wealth of material on contexts from the treason trials of 1794 to the coming of gas-light to the London stage in 1817, it provides a panorama of one of the richest periods in British culture.
Author : M. Brennan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2003-09-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230005721
A Sidney Chronology: 1554-1654 offers a comprehensive chronological survey of the literary, political and personal history of the Sidney family of Penshurst Place, Kent. As royal servants, courtiers, diplomats, soldiers, writers and patrons of numerous other authors, the Sidneys occupied a central position in the development of Early-Modern English literature. Particular attention is paid to the lives and writings of Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester; and Lady Mary Wroth.
Author : E. Harden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2005-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230288375
This new volume in the Author Chronology series illuminates the writing of Edith Wharton by detailing her experiences and placing her in her social context. Edith Wharton was a prolific as well as a many-sided writer, who created not only novels, novellas, short stories, and poems, but also a notable series of travel writings, and did translations, pieces for the theatre, and essays on other writers and their works, as well as on the creation and criticism of fiction.This account of Wharton's personal and professional life provides an invaluable insight into an important American woman writer of the Twentieth Century.
