Jowett - A Portrait with Background

Informationen zum Autor Sir Geoffrey Faber (1889 - 1961) was the chairman, first of Faber and Gwyer Ltd., and then from 1929 until his retirement in 1960, Faber & Faber Ltd. He became a prominent figure in the world of publishing and as President of the Publishers' Association fought a successful campaign in 1940 to prevent taxation on books. Books were made exempt as they still are. He was knighted in 1954. Klappentext Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893)! pronounced to rhyme with 'know it'! although never debunked as such by Lytton Strachey was nothing if not an Eminent Victorian: English scholar! classicist and theologian! and Master of Balliol College. This biography is filled with some by-paths of Oxford history. Zusammenfassung Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) , pronounced to rhyme with 'know it', although never debunked as such by Lytton Strachey was nothing if not an Eminent Victorian: English scholar, classicist and theologian, and Master of Balliol College.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Faber, Sir Geoffrey Faber
• Assisted by: Geoffre Faber (Editor), Geoffrey Faber (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780571241965
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24196-5
• No. of pages: 478
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Biography: writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Academia; Faber Finds; Victorian