Stephen, Leslie
Studies of a Biographer

Reprint der Ausgaben London 1898-1902.

Die Bände versammeln Kritiken und biographische Essays, die der Gründungsherausgeber des britischen "Dictionary of National Biography" (und Vater Virginia Woolfs) ursprünglich für die National Review verfasst hatte. Volume 1 includes a consideration of the art of biography, a critique of works on Johnson, and essays on Gibbon and Wordsworth. Volume 2 includes portraits of Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold and Pascal, and a study of the exploration of German literature in England. Volume 3 includes essays on Donne, John Ruskin, the Brownings' letters and, in complete contrast, a chapter considering the pleasures of walking. Volume 4 considers Shakespeare the man, Southey, Anthony Trollope and Robert Louis Stevenson, and includes a critique of recent works on Milton. Aus dem Inhalt: Aus dem Inhalt: National biography. - The evolution of editors. - John Byrom. - Johnsoniana. - Gibbon's autobiography. - Arthur Young. - Wordsworth's youth. -- The story of Scott's ruin. - The importation of German. - Matthew Arnold. - Jowett's life. - Oliver Wendell Holmes. - Life of Tennyson. - Pascal. -- The Browning letters. - John Donne. - John Ruskin. - William Godwin's novels. - Walter Bagehot. - Thomas Henry Huxley. - James Anthony Froude. - In praise of walking. -- Shakespeare as a man. - Southey's letters. - New lights on Milton. - Emerson. - Anthony Trollope. - Robert Louis Stevenson. - The cosmopolitan spirit in literature. Vier Bände in drei Bänden, zus. 1.146 Seiten, Leinen (Anglistica & Americana; Band 97/Olms Verlag 1985) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear