Father and Son is a classic account of a childhood, a much-praised autobiography published by Edmund Gosse in 1907, nearly 20 years after the death of his...
265 months ago

Edmund Gosse's books are lovely to read but eminently forgettable. A winsome writer, fine stylist, poets of sorts, essayist, and arbiter of...
170 months ago

Father and Son,” by Jonathan Raban; “24/7 Politics,” by Kathryn Cramer Brownell; “Witness,” by Jamel Brinkley; and “The Details,” by Ia...
14 months ago

After Henry James's death 100 years ago, his relatives were at pains to remove any hints of his sexuality from his letters and biography.
105 months ago

EDMUND GOSSE. A Literary Landscape, 1849-1928. By Ann Thwaite. Illustrated. 567 pp. Illinois: The University of Chicago Press. $25.
482 months ago

Thomas Lovell Beddoes wrote in the postscript to the brief and perfunctory note he left before swallowing a lethal dose of poison.
301 months ago

A comprehensive essay on the celebrated Indian poet and politician who remains a point of reference in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
131 months ago

Sir Edmund Gosse was an English translator, literary historian, and critic who introduced the work of Henrik Ibsen and other continental...
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Edmund Gosse wrote of his account of his life, "This book is the record of a struggle between two temperaments . . ."
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The Complete Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes; Edited with a memoir by Edmund Gosse [2 volumes - Complete]. London: Fanfrolico Press, 1928.
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