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The uncommon reader : a life of Edward Garnett
- Title
- The uncommon reader : a life of Edward Garnett / Helen Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Helen, 1965-
- Publication
- London : Jonathan Cape, 2017.
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Garnett ZB4 S65 2017 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-798 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 440 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Over a career spanning nearly fifty years Edward Garnett - editor, critic and publisher's reader - would become one of the most influential men in twentieth-century British literature. Famed for his incisive criticism and unwavering conviction in matters of taste, Garnett was responsible for spotting and nurturing the talents of a constellation of our greatest writers. In An Uncommon Reader, Helen Smith brings to life Garnett's fascinating, often stormy, relationships with those writers - from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, D.H. Lawrence to T.E. Lawrence, Henry Green to Edward Thomas. All turned to Garnett for advice and guidance at critical moments in their careers, and their letters and diaries offer an insight into their creative processes, their hopes and fears. Addressing questions of culture, fame and success, this absorbing portrait of a man who shaped the literary landscape as we know it asks us to consider genius - what it is, where it comes from and to whom it belongs."--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-430) and index.
- Access (note)
- Berg Collection copy restricted access ;
- Call Number
- JFE 18-798
- ISBN
- 9780224081818
- 0224081810
- LCCN
- 2017479785
- OCLC
- 1009335597
- Author
- Smith, Helen, 1965- author.
- Title
- The uncommon reader : a life of Edward Garnett / Helen Smith.
- Publisher
- London : Jonathan Cape, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-430) and index.
- Access
- Berg Collection copy restricted access ; request permission in holding division.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-798Berg Coll Garnett ZB4 S65 2017