The Rise And Fall of the Man of Letters: Aspects of English Literary Life Since 1800 - Couverture souple

Gross, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140144137 ISBN 13 : 9780140144130

Editeur : Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

In this survey, John Gross gives portraits of major literary figures from Frances Jeffrey, the first editor of the "Edinburgh Review", through Thomas Carlyle, Matthew Arnold and many others to the advent of F.R.Leavis and Raymond Williams. He looks at "the higher journalism", the expansion of the reading public, the byways of British liberalism, the rise of English literature as an academic subject and the impact of T.S. Eliot and modernism. In a new afterword he provides updates on the later careers of Cyril Connolly, Geoffrey Grigson and Leavis and discusses the new style of literary critics who have evolved from the universities. Finally he considers the dominant role of the media and entertainment.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A new edition of this landmark book which traces the shifting fortunes of the men who shaped literary opinion in England since 1800. With a new Introduction and Afterword by the author. A brilliant account of English literary culture which is as engaging as it is illuminating. Lionel Trilling

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140144137
• ISBN 13: 9780140144130
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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