Our Album of Authors (Classic Reprint): A Cyclopedia of Popular Literary People - Couverture souple

Frank M'alpine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332772781 ISBN 13 : 9781332772780

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the lives and legacies of beloved writers in Our Album of Authors. This approachable anthology gathers brief, readable portraits of celebrated literary figures, blending biographical detail with insight into the authors’ work and influence. It offers a window into the people who shaped literature across generations, from poets and essayists to novelists and critics.

- Brief, readable biographies that illuminate each figure’s career and character
- Context on the era, influences, and the authors’ enduring contributions
- A curated contents list of featured writers, with sketches that cover both personal and professional facets
- An inviting resource for fans of classic literature and readers seeking quick, reliable overviews

Ideal for readers of literary history, classroom study, and anyone curious about the people behind the famous names.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Our text-books are too brief for the general public. Our encyclopedias are too expensive for the masses; besides they contain hundreds of minor authors who have added no new thoughts or noble impulses to the literature of our race. General readers have not the time to crush a mountain of quartz to get a grain of gold, or to hunt the sands of the earth to find a single diamond, or to search through forty centuries that have been prolific of authors to find the thoughts and the impulses of those who form the chief literary constellation of the ages. OUK ALBUM OF AUTHORS takes the reader over the entire field, and introduces him to the representative men and women in the various departments of literature. It presents only a few minor writers, and these were selected either because they are very popular, or because the reader may learn a valuable lesson from their lives and writings. This volume will be valuable to those wishing to make up a library, as it gives a list of books published by standard authors and names each authors best works. It will be valuable to teachers for reference and study, because it not only gives extended sketches of the best authors, but it gives the critical estimation of each authors writings. It will be valuable to parents, because it carries their children into the society of good books, and makes them acquainted with the men and women of the grandest, purest, and noblest thoughts. It calls attention to the fact that there is no royal road to greatness in any department of life, but that the crown is gained only after years of patient, ceaseless, and earnest toil.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332772781
• ISBN 13: 9781332772780
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420
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