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The Heroic Life of George Gissing, Part III: 1897–1903
Author(s): Pierre Coustillas (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 July 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 500 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848931751
- ISBN-13: 9781848931756
Book Description
This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing both chronologically and in close detail. This final volume in Coustillas’s prodigious biography examines the turbulent last years of the author’s life and his literary afterlife.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Nobody has ever known as much about Gissing as Pierre Coustillas, and it is quite possible that no one ever will. His authority in the area seems unassailable. Clearly and unpretentiously written, as devoid of error as any sublunary endeavor, this biography is the crowning achievement of a distinguished career.’ English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 ‘With the publication of the third and final volume of Gissing’s biography Professor Coustillas has completed the monumental task to which he devoted his entire career over the course of five decades.’ The Gissing Journal ‘This outstanding literary biography deserves the accolade Coustillas gives his subject: it is a heroic achievement. Highly Recommended.’ CHOICE
About the Author
Pierre Coustillas was a French literary scholar and emeritus professor of English at the University of Lille.
