Andrew Lang : a critical biography with a short-title bibliography of the works of Andrew Lang [A Border Boyhood; Edinburgh Academy; St. Andrews and Glasgow; Balliol and Merton; The Lost Poet; The Divine Amateur; Mythologist and Classical Scholar; The Master of Fairyland; Fairnilee and Pantouflia; The Approach to Romance; The World's Desire; The Romance of History; The Literary Critic; Lang and His Friends; The Last Years; Before and After; Epilogue; Key to Reference numbers; Appendix A: The Odyssey Translations; Appendix B: Andrew Lang's Prologue to 'The World's Desire']

Green, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn. [frontispiece by W B Richmond]

Verlag: Leicester, England : Edmund Ward, 1946, 1946

Beschreibung

[1st edition, 1st printing] ; xi p., 1 l., 265 p. col. front. (port.) 22 cm ; LCCN: 46-23247 ; LC: PR4877; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 250504 ; "First published October, 1946." ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; Contents: To Andrew Lang -- A Border Boyhood -- Edinburgh Academy -- St. Andrews and Glasgow -- Balliol and Merton -- The Lost Poet -- The Divine Amateur -- Mythologist and Classical Scholar -- The Master of Fairyland -- Fairnilee and Pantouflia -- The Approach to Romance -- The World's Desire -- The Romance of History -- The Literary Critic -- Lang and His Friends -- The Last Years -- Before and After -- Epilogue -- Key to Reference numbers -- Appendix A: The Odyssey Translations -- Appendix B: Andrew Lang's Prologue to 'The World's Desire' -- Appendix C: Articles and Notes on Andrew Lang -- A Short-Title Bibliography of the Works of Andrew Lang -- Addenda to bibliography. ; Roger Gilbert Lancelyn Green was a member of the Inklings circle of writers, which included J R R Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Dorothy Sayers and C S Lewis; it was green who suggested the name of Lewis' childrens' book should be The Chronicles of Narnia ; here he writes the biography of the influential 19th century compiler of fairytales, the folklorist Andrew Lang ; with a color frontispiece by W B Richmond ; foxing to textblock ; store stamp of the noted Atlanta bookstore, C E Cantrell's; (Cantrell himself was the author of a mystical book about angels and Georgia's Stone Mountain) ; VG. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006193

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Andrew Lang : a critical biography with a ...

Verlag: Leicester, England : Edmund Ward, 1946

Erscheinungsdatum: 1946

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition

Art des Buches: Book