Encyclopedia of British Writers: 19th and 20th Centuries (Facts on File Library of World Literature) - 2 Vol. Set

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by  Christine L. Krueger

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
BRITISH WRITERS
19 C
TH ENTURY
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
BRITISH WRITERS
19 C
TH ENTURY
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Dr. Christine L. Krueger
GENERALEDITOR
Department ofEnglish
Marquette University
Dr. Thomas Recchio Debra Rae Cohen
ADVISER ADVISER
Department ofEnglish Department ofEnglish
University ofConnecticut,Storrs University ofArkansas
Dr. George Stade
ADVISER
Department ofEnglish and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
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Contents:v.1.Encyclopedia ofBritish Writers,19th Century / edited by Christine L.Krueger—
v.2.Encyclopedia ofBritish Writers,20th Century / edited by George Stade.
ISBN 0-8160-4670-0 (set :alk.paper)—ISBN 0-8160-4668-9 (v.1 :alk.paper)—ISBN 0-8160-
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1.English literature—19th century—Bio-bibliography—Dictionaries.2.English literature—20th
century—Bio-bibliography—Dictionaries.3.Authors,English—19th century—Biography—
Dictionaries.4.Authors,English—20th century—Biography—Dictionaries.5.English literature—
19th century—Dictionaries.6.English literature—20th century—Dictionaries.I.Title:Encyclopedia
ofnineteenth and twentieth century British writers.II.Krueger,Christine L.III.Stade,George.IV.
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C
ONTENTS
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Preface vii
Introduction ix
Authors’Timeline xiii
Entries A to Z 1
Selected Bibliography 371
Index 377

P
REFACE
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The 19th-century British writers represented in this Just as the film adaptations of Pride and
volume produced a dauntingly large body oflitera- Prejudiceor Draculaare no substitute for reading
ture on diverse subjects in a wide array of genres. Jane Austen and Bram Stoker,neither can this ref-
This encyclopedia offers a literary map to this vast erence work replace firsthand encounters with the
landscape in the hope that it will appear,not for- works it discusses.Entries have been written,then,
bidding or remote,but enticing.We have chosen to not only to be of sufficient intrinsic interest and
mark outstanding pinnacles,such as the works of clarity to inspire curiosity in users ofthis volume,
Jane Austen and Alfred,Lord Tennyson,as well as but also to offer guides to reading.Believing that
significant but little-visited spots, such as the his- informed reading is also more pleasurable read-
torical writing ofMary Anne Everett Green and the ing,we intend the historical and critical perspec-
art criticism ofAnna Jameson.Although our map is tives offered here to enhance appreciation for the
not exhaustive,we hope that it points you in direc- formal innovations made by 19th-century writ-
tions that enable you to blaze new trails in the field. ers,for the ways that writing of the 19th century
If you are encountering 19th-century writers still entertains us and,moreover,for its continu-
for the first time, this volume will help you to ing relevance to our understanding of individual
identify major figures, who are treated in long development and social relations. Lists of works
entries, as well as key schools and genres, and to by and about writers,following their entries,also
appreciate the full scope of literary production in will lead you beyond this reference guide to fur-
the period.If you are investigating the careers of ther reading.
major figures,it will provide you with biographi- Much ofthe writing discussed in this volume is
cal information, overviews of their publications, in print in editions that are readily accessible,and
and,in some cases,critical analyses of their most much ofit is studied in secondary school and col-
important works.You also will find information lege literature courses. But users of this volume
on lesser-known writers in all genres, including should also be encouraged to explore those works
critics and other nonfiction authors, poets, play- that are no longer in print.Many are available on
wrights,and novelists.Cross-references,indicated the Internet, in used bookstores, and in libraries.
in small capital letters, will lead you to the key These works deserve to endure, and will do so if
influences on writers’careers. informed and curious readers seek them out.Like
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the places into which 19th-century writers ven- will be rewarded with exciting discoveries and
tured in their texts—from Afghanistan and the enchanting experiences.
Congo to imaginary utopias and the innermost
thoughts of characters—19th-century literature is Christine L.Krueger
itself a landscape inviting new adventurers who General Editor