Adolphus William Ward
1) Chaucer
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
“The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer” (1343-1400) represent one of the foundations of English literature. For this 1879 entry in the influential "English Men of Letters" series of literary biographies, the distinguished critic Adolphus Ward placed Chaucer's life and work in the context of his tempestuous times, which included the Black Death.
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English
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English author and diplomat Sir Henry Wotton (1568—1639) was secretary to the Earl of Essex and later became a favorite of King James I, who knighted him and appointed him ambassador to Venice. Adolphus W. Ward's engaging biography of Wotton is both a compelling life story and a thoughtful study of Wotton's accomplishments.
3) Dickens
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English
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) created some of England's most enduring works of fiction. Ward's 1882 entry into the influential "English Men of Letters" series of literary biographies probes Dickens' life and work before and after “The Pickwick Papers”, his travel writings, David Copperfield, and beyond.
4) Dickens
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Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1882, this biography of Charles Dickens (1812-70) provides a short introduction to the life and works of the most popular author of the Victorian era. Sir Adolphus William Ward (1837-1924), a prominent scholar who taught at the newly founded the University of Manchester and became President of the British Academy, wrote on English literature from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries....