Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters - by John Gross Paperback

About the Book

A new edition of this landmark book which traces the shifting fortunes of the men who shaped literary opinion in England since 1800. With a new Introduction and Afterword by the author. "A brilliant account of English literary culture which is as engaging as it is illuminating." -Lionel Trilling.

Book Synopsis

A new edition of this landmark book which traces the shifting fortunes of the men who shaped literary opinion in England since 1800. With a new Introduction and Afterword by the author. "A brilliant account of English literary culture which is as engaging as it is illuminating." -Lionel Trilling.

Review Quotes

A brilliant account of English literary culture, as engaging as it is illuminating.

A very intelligent, interesting, and intensely readable book.

No praise can be too high...remarkable for its balance and sense of perspective.

Strewn with marvelous bits: deft apercus, biographical portraits of great subtlety and force, wit, commonsensical intelligence everywhere. No one who cares about the state of literature can afford to neglect this book.

About the Author

John Gross is theatre critic of the Sunday Telegraph and former editor of the Times Literary Supplement. For a number of years he was also a staff writer for the New York Times in New York. His other books include the classic study The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters, and the widely acclaimed Shylock: Four Hundred Years in the Life of a Legend. He lives in London.