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The Letters and Prose Writings: V: Prose 1756-c.1799 and Cumulative Index

by (author) William Cowper

edited by James King & Charles Ryskamp

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1985
Category
Letters
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780198126904
    Publish Date
    Jun 1985
    List Price
    $235.00

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James King is the author of four previous novels: Faking (1999), Blue Moon (2000), Transformations (2003), and Pure Inventions (2006). He is also the author of eight works of biography, the subjects of which include William Blake, Margaret Laurence, Jack McClelland, and Farley Mowat. His biography of Herbert Read, The Last Modern, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. James King lives in Hamilton, Ontario, and teaches at McMaster University in the Department of English.

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Editorial Reviews

'The high standard of scholarship set by the earlier volumes has been sustained to the end, and we now have Cowper's complete prose writings in an edition prepared with exemplary thoroughness and accuracy. ... This will deservedly remain the authoritative edition for a very long time.' Review of English Studies

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