dictionary-of-english-literature-being-a-comprehensive-guide-to-english-authors-and-their-works

Author : William Davenport Adams
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ISBN 13 : 9781330648865
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of English Literature written by William Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dictionary of English Literature: Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors and Their Works Further, the Noms de Plume assumed by literary men and women are given and explained, many for the first time. Familiar Quotations, Phrases, and Proverbs are entered in considerable numbers, with distinct and accurate references to their original sources. These are arranged, so far as possible, according to their first striking word - a plan which has seemed to the Author the most useful and intelligible that could be adopted. Characters in Poetry and Fiction are largely indexed - to an extent, indeed, not hitherto attempted, and with the result, it is believed, that few of any importance are omitted. Illustrative Quotations are frequently appended. The most celebrated Poems, Songs, and Ballads are entered, not only by their titles, but by their First Lines, which are frequently remembered when the titles are forgotten. A feature of the Work is the introduction of references to Translations of the Works of prominent Foreign Writers of all times and countries. Another feature is the insertion of notices of some of the most celebrated Libraries throughout the kingdom, and of Societies connected with English Literature. Space is also devoted to brief, but, it is hoped, sufficient explanations of the various kinds of Literature, such as Epics, Odes, Masques, Mysteries, and so on. Finally, Special Articles, as exhaustive as their limits would permit, have been introduced on such subjects as The Drama, Newspapers, Novels, and Poetry, with the view of enabling the reader to systematise, if he please, the varied information given in other portions of the work. A work so comprehensive in aim - necessitating the survey of so wide, so inexhaustible a field - can hardly be quite free from error. Yet the Author would fain hope that no signal inaccuracy will be detected; and while committing his pages to the consideration of the public, he feels it due to himself to say that, during the years occupied in the preparation of the work, he has grudged no labour to make it worthy of the favourable reception he trusts it will obtain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.