The selected works of Andrew Lang. Volume 2, Literary criticism, history, biography / edited by Andrew Teverson, Alexandra Warwick and Leigh Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, author.

Contributor:

Teverson, Andrew, editor.

Warwick, Alexandra, editor.

Wilson, Leigh, editor.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology.

Religion.

Folklore.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Summary:

The volume demonstrates Lang's central position in the literary culture of his day. It includes the most important examples of his literary journalism, his historical and his biographical writing. In these works, Lang engages with the most important literary critical issues of the period - whether the novel is entertainment or art, the professionalization of writing, the function of fiction and criticism - and writes on some of the central literary figures of the century such as Tennyson, Dickens and Zola. In his writings on Scotland, history and biography too the selected work shows not only the complexity and inter-disciplinary nature of his own thought but illuminates contemporary debates on the nature of genius, on national identity and on historical method.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

General Introduction

Introduction to Volume 2

Chronology of the life and major works of Andrew Lang

A Note on the Text

Acknowledgements

1 CRITICS AND CRITICISM

2 REALISM, ROMANCE AND THE READING PUBLIC

3 ON WRITERS AND WRITING

4 SCOTLAND, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY

5 THE BUSINESS AND INSTITUTIONS OF LITERARY LIFE

APPENDIX: NAMES FREQUENTLY CITED BY LANG

EXPLANATORY NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).

ISBN:

1-4744-0024-8