Essays by Divers Hands being the transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, New Series

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Essays by Divers Hands being the transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, New Series

edited by Sir Angus Wilson

Published for Royal Society of Literature by the Boydell Press, 1984-1990

  • vol. 43
  • vol. 44
  • vol. 46

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vol. 46 edited by Raleigh Trevelyan

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A collection of essays in an annually published series. Contributions include: Maurice Cranston on Voltaire; Richard Faber on Sir William Temple; Vivian Green on Cranmer's prose; Gilbert Phelps on Jane Austen; P.J. Kavanagh on Ivor Gurney; John Halperin on Conrad; and D. Gilmour on Lampedusa.

Table of Contents

  • Voltaire and the freedom of the press, Maurice Cranston
  • the letter, the diary and the telephone, Nigel Nicolson
  • Sir William Temple and the Anglo-Dutch friendship, Sir Richard Faber
  • Thomas Cranmer, the prayer book and the English language, Reverend Vivian Green
  • translation or transformation, the relations of literature and science
  • the penny whistle - the problems of writing stories from Shakespeare
  • the other Jane Austen, Gilbert Phelps
  • Ivor Gurney and the "poetic sensibility", P.J. Kavanagh
  • Conrad alone, John Halperin
  • Lampedusa - the genius of "The Leopard", Davi Gilmour.

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  • NCID
    BA11922236
  • ISBN
    • 0851154077
    • 0851154573
    • 0851152775
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Woodbridge, Suffolk
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    23 cm
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