The Life and Letters of William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : Volume 1: 1855–1894
William F. Halloran;William F. Halloran
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of h...
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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : Volume 1: 1855–1894
2018; Vol. 01855
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.
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Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature. Letter O, p741-742. 2p.
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Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature. Letter O, p741-742. 2p.
Features English woman author Ouida . Overview of books written by Ouida published between 1863 and 1908 ; Themes of her writings; Description of the female characters depicted by Ouida in her literary works.
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Lives of the Novelists : A History of Fiction in 294 Lives
Sutherland, John;Sutherland, John
No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels wri...
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Lives of the Novelists : A History of Fiction in 294 Lives
2012
No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction—from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author was chosen, Professor Sutherland explains, because his or her books are well worth reading and are likely to remain so for at least another century. Sutherland presents these authors in chronological order, in each case deftly combining a lively and informative biographical sketch with an opinionated assessment of the writer's work. Taken together, these novelists provide both a history of the novel and a guide to its rich variety. Always entertaining, and sometimes shocking, Sutherland considers writers as diverse as Daniel Defoe, Henry James, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Archer, and Jacqueline Susann. Written for all lovers of fiction, Lives of the Novelists succeeds both as introduction and re-introduction, as Sutherland presents favorite and familiar novelists in new ways and transforms the less favored and less familiar through his relentlessly fascinating readings.
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Annual Report of the Georgia Historical Society for the Year 202I.
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Georgia Historical Quarterly. 2022, Vol. 106 Issue 1, p71-181. 111p.
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GROCE, W. TODD
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Georgia Historical Quarterly. 2022, Vol. 106 Issue 1, p71-181. 111p.
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The Hutchinson Chronology of World History
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The Hutchinson Chronology of World History
2004; Vol. Volume III
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Old Calabria.
Douglas, Norman
Presents the complete text of "Old Calabria" by Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952.
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Old Calabria.
Old Calabria. 3/1/2006, p1. 208p.
Presents the complete text of "Old Calabria" by Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952.
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Widow's Tale, A : 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Charles Hatch;Charles Hatch
Volume 6, Life Writings of Frontier Women series, ed. Maureen Ursenbach Beecher Mormon...
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Widow's Tale, A : 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
2003; Vol. 00006
Volume 6, Life Writings of Frontier Women series, ed. Maureen Ursenbach Beecher Mormon culture has produced during its history an unusual number of historically valuable personal writings. Few such diaries, journals, and memoirs published have provided as rich and well rounded a window into their authors'lives and worlds as the diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney. Because it provides a rare account of the widely experienced situations and problems faced by widows, her record has relevance far beyond Mormon history though. As a teenager Helen Kimball had been a polygamous wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. She subsequently married Horace Whitney. Her children included the noted Mormon author, religious authority, and politician Orson F. Whitney. She herself was a leading woman in her church and society and a writer known especially for her defense of plural marriage. Upon Horace's death, she began keeping a diary. In it, she recorded her economic, physical, and psychological struggles to meet the challenges of widowhood. Her writing was introspective and revelatory. She also commented on the changing society around her, as Salt Lake City in the last decades of the nineteenth century underwent rapid transformation, modernizing and opening up from its pioneer beginnings. She remained a well-connected member of an elite group of leading Latter-day Saint women, and prominent Utah and Mormon historical figures appear frequently in her daily entries. Above all, though, her diary is an unusual record of difficulties faced in many times and places by women, of all classes, whose husbands died and left them without sufficient means to carry on the types of lives to which they had been accustomed.
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Biographical Companion to Literature in English
Kamm, Antony;Kamm, Antony
Rev. and updated ed. of: Collins biographical dictionary of English literature. c1993.
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Biographical Companion to Literature in English
1997
Rev. and updated ed. of: Collins biographical dictionary of English literature. c1993.
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Utah History Encyclopedia
Powell, Allan Kent;Powell, Allan Kent
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Englische LiteraturAus sieben Jahrhunderten; 2015, p7-695, 689p
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Nünning, Vera;Nünning, Ansgar
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