European Writers
- ISBN-10
- 0684187981
- ISBN-13
- 9780684187983
- Series
- European Writers
- Category
- Authors, European
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Authors
- George Stade, William Thomas Hobdell Jackson
Description
This reference work is comprised of two volumes treating the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, three volumes on the Romantics, and four volumes dealing with twentieth century authors. Scholar's new to literary history and criticism should find the balanced, well written essays on included authors a solid introduction.
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Other editions
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- 1992
- 1985 pages
- Paperback
- MacMillan Publishing Company
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