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Edward Bond has been, since his controversial arrival on the theatrical scene in 1965, one of Britain's most distinctive and important theatre writers. This study examines his …
A biographical study of the great Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle, and his transformation from the Sage of Ecclefechan to the Sage of Chelsea. It tells of family and …
Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) was a writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. In this 1983 study, Christopher Heywood stresses the point that …
Christopher Marlowe is a writer of energy and extravagance. Plays such as Doctor Faustus, Edward the Second, The Jew of Malta, and Tamburlaine continue to challenge and startle …
Hughes is seen as a complex, multi-faceted writer, a great poet in the tradition of English nature poetry, who also sought inspiration from international sources, ancient and …
A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce writers and their contexts. Each volume includes biographical …
William Blake was a revolutionary poet and artist: "I know myself both Poet & Painter", he wrote. In his paintings he created visionary images that challenge conventional …
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was an essayist, critic, painter, and philosopher. In this 1977 study, R. L. Brett draws attention at the outset to the biographical standpoint which …
This new study of Andrew Marvell offers a state-of-the-art guide to one of the most intriguing and elusive poets of the seventeenth century. Hero to the eighteenth century for his …