British writers
By: edited under the auspices of the British Council, Ian Scott-Kilvert, general editor.
Contributors: Scott-Kilvert, Ian.; British Council.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Bio-bibliography.; Authors, English -- Biography.
Description: This collection of critical essays covers writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. William Langland to the English Bible.; title: v. 2. Thomas Middleton to George Farquhar.; title: v. 3. Daniel Defoe to the Gothic novel.; title: v. 4 William Wordsworth to Robert Browning.; title: v. 5. Elizabeth Gaskell to Francis Thompson.; title: v. 6. Thomas Hardy to Wilfred Owen.; title: v. 7. Sean O'Casey to poets of World War II.