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Barbour, Alton B. – Online Submission, 2004
Beginning with a brief account of the history of Westminster Abbey and its physical structure, this paper concentrates on the British writers honored in the South Transept or Poet's Corner section. It identifies those recognized who are no longer thought to be outstanding, those now understood to be outstanding who are not recognized, and provides…
Descriptors: Historic Sites, Poets, Authors, English Literature
Baker, Sheridan – American Libraries, 1974
A wide-ranging discussion of more than 30 British novelists and their works. (PF)
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Novels, Twentieth Century Literature
Jones, Joseph; Jones, Johanna – 1970
This series, People and Places in World-English Literature, is published to introduce readers to modern writers who write in English. Each of the booklets contains a preface to the series, acknowledgments, an introduction to the authors and forms of literature, a literary map of the country, representative authors, a reference bibliography of the…
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Literature, Reading Materials
Matthews, William, Comp. – 1968
This bibliography of scholarship in Old and Middle English Literature (before 1525) attempts to cover selectively the major works and topics and to represent adequately the minor ones. English and American scholarship since 1965 is emphasized. For the Old English period, entries are under the following headings: Texts; Reference and General Works;…
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliographies, Chronicles, Cultural Background
Day, A. Grove – 1971
One hundred books in English about the Pacific islands are reviewed. The primary work of each of 100 authors is the primary topic of the reviews, but information is also given about other writings of these authors on the Pacific islands, as well as some biographical information. Books by other writers on similar subjects are mentioned at times.…
Descriptors: Authors, Book Reviews, Books, English Literature
McGuffey, William Holmes – American Book Company, 1921
This textbook is a sixth reader. Selections are taken from English and American literature, and when possible, conform to the original works. Many selections have elocutionary value. In making up the Selections for Reading, great care and deliberation have been exercised. Upwards of one hundred leading authors are represented, and thus a wide…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, United States Literature, English Literature

Ohmann, Carol – College English, 1971
Descriptors: Authors, Bias, English Literature, Females

Musgrave, P. W. – Australian Journal of Education, 1981
Kipling's view of the child, as expressed in his writings, focused on the vision of growth or becoming, fostered by activity. Action was to be directed by a firm and conservative moral code, with initiative allowed on some occasions so that change could occur. (MSE)
Descriptors: Authors, Children, Discipline, Educational Attitudes
Powers, Ella M. – Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911
This textbook is designed to present to its readers a few examples from the work of the English novelist Charles Dickens and to develop in them a profound interest in his varied writings. Preceding each selection is a note on the book from which the extract has been taken. With some abridgments, the author's diction has been carefully followed. In…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English Literature, Authors, Teaching Methods

Fong, David – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1970
Examines historical, critical, and even psychological" relationship of Macaulay to Johnson, and describes Macaulay's ambivalent attitude to Johnson. (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, English Literature, Literary Criticism
Peterson, Thane – 1978
From its inauspicious beginnings as a men's store giveaway and a "girlie" magazine in 1933, "Esquire" magazine quickly established a policy of literary excellence. By 1945, the magazine included the works on such major literary figures as Erskine Caldwell, John Dos Passos, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Ring Lardner, James…
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Journalism, Literary Criticism

Jacobson, Dan – American Scholar, 1978
An author turned English literature teacher at London University discusses the differences of both professions and how both depend, in the final analysis, on the ordinary reader. (RK)
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Higher Education, Student Teacher Relationship
Pearson, Kit – Horn Book Magazine, 1983
Discusses the first in a series of 12 children's books written by Arthur Ransome between 1930 and 1947. (AEA)
Descriptors: Authors, Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Walker, George – Journal of Research in International Education, 2004
This article discusses the contribution made by Joseph Conrad's fictional writing to our understanding of cultural awareness. Never comfortable with his adopted English culture, Conrad used his experiences in different parts of the world during his career in the merchant navy to explore in his writing aspects of cultural dissonance and cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Authors
Perry, Margaret, Comp. – 1968
The purpose of this bibliography is to provide critical, literary commentaries on the works of American, British, and classical authors, found in general literature books. Selection of authors was accomplished on the basis of West Point military cadets' choices of topics for their annual English papers; alphabetical listings of citations (from…
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliographies, Classical Literature, English Literature