Leonard Merrick - A Forgotten Novelist's Novelist (Hardcover)

This study is the first comprehensive, full-length account of the works of the Anglo-Jewish author Leonard William Merrick formerly Miller, (1864-1939). Drawing on unpublished materials, it covers Merricks twelve novels, his several volumes of short stories, eight plays, and contributions to motion pictures. A former actor, Merrick often wrote about actors; George Orwell regards Merricks fiction about the theater as the best of its time, especially The Passion of Peggy Harper (1911). H. G. Wells applauded Merricks depiction of racism in The Quaint Companions (1903). Anti-Semitism is shown in Violet Moses (1891). Mr. Bazalgettes Agent (1888) is the first novel in English to star a lady detective whose story is told through her diary. Many of Merricks works also focus upon a NewWoman. The pioneering meta-fictional aspects of Merricks works deserve attention.

General

Imprint:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	June 2009
Authors:	William Baker • Jeanette Roberts Schumaker
Dimensions:	248 x 167 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-61147-427-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
LSN:	1-61147-427-2
Barcode:	9781611474275

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