1952-1955 Volumes from the Men and Books Series by Longmans

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Eight volumes. Men and Books Series. A collection of volumes on the life and works of important literary men, including Robert Browning, Christopher Marlowe, Daniel Defoe, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Walter Ralegh, Edward Gibbon, John Milton, and Matthew Arnold. With historical and biographical commentary. This set includes: Robert Browning, 1952. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by John Michael Cohen, an English writer and prolific translator. Christopher Marlowe, 1952. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. Written by Philip Henderson, a British novelist and literary critic. Daniel Defoe, 1952. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by Francis Watson, an English theologian and New Testament scholar. Chaucer, 1953. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by Derek Stanley Brewer, a Welsh medieval scholar, author, and publisher who specialised in the works of Chaucer. Sir Walter Ralegh, 1953. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by Philip Edwards, a British literary scholar and professor of English Literature. Edward Gibbon, 1953. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by Michael Joyce, an American professor of English Literature and well-regarded critic of electronic literature. John Milton, 1955. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by Kenneth Muir, an English literary scholar and writer who was prominent in the fields of Shakespeare studies and English Renaissance theatre. Matthew Arnold, 1955. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Written by J. D. Jump.