Andrew Lang : a critical biography with a short-title bibliography of the works of Andrew Lang [A Border Boyhood; Edinburgh Academy; St. Andrews and Glasgow; Balliol and Merton; The Lost Poet; The Divine Amateur; Mythologist and Classical Scholar; The Master of Fairyland; Fairnilee and Pantouflia; The Approach to Romance; The World's Desire; The Romance of History; The Literary Critic; Lang and His Friends; The Last Years; Before and After; Epilogue; Key to Reference numbers; Appendix A: The Odyssey Translations; Appendix B: Andrew Lang's Prologue to 'The World's Desire']

Green, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn. [frontispiece by W B Richmond]

Published by Leicester, England : Edmund Ward, 1946, 1946

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[1st edition, 1st printing] ; xi p., 1 l., 265 p. col. front. (port.) 22 cm ; LCCN: 46-23247 ; LC: PR4877; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 250504 ; "First published October, 1946." ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; Contents: To Andrew Lang -- A Border Boyhood -- Edinburgh Academy -- St. Andrews and Glasgow -- Balliol and Merton -- The Lost Poet -- The Divine Amateur -- Mythologist and Classical Scholar -- The Master of Fairyland -- Fairnilee and Pantouflia -- The Approach to Romance -- The World's Desire -- The Romance of History -- The Literary Critic -- Lang and His Friends -- The Last Years -- Before and After -- Epilogue -- Key to Reference numbers -- Appendix A: The Odyssey Translations -- Appendix B: Andrew Lang's Prologue to 'The World's Desire' -- Appendix C: Articles and Notes on Andrew Lang -- A Short-Title Bibliography of the Works of Andrew Lang -- Addenda to bibliography. ; Roger Gilbert Lancelyn Green was a member of the Inklings circle of writers, which included J R R Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Dorothy Sayers and C S Lewis; it was green who suggested the name of Lewis' childrens' book should be The Chronicles of Narnia ; here he writes the biography of the influential 19th century compiler of fairytales, the folklorist Andrew Lang ; with a color frontispiece by W B Richmond ; foxing to textblock ; store stamp of the noted Atlanta bookstore, C E Cantrell's; (Cantrell himself was the author of a mystical book about angels and Georgia's Stone Mountain) ; VG. Seller Inventory # 006193

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Title: Andrew Lang : a critical biography with a ...

Publisher: Leicester, England : Edmund Ward, 1946

Publication Date: 1946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: Book