Selected Letters of Vernon Lee, 18561935 - 9781848934962

Taylor & Francis

Selected Letters of Vernon Lee, 18561935Volume II - 1885-1889\nAuthor(s): Sophie Geoffroy, Amanda Gagel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781848934962, 978-1848934962\nSynopsis\nVernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget [tel] a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction and her radical polemics. She was also an active letter writer whose correspondents include many well-known figures in fin de sicle intellectual circles across Europe. However, until now no attempt has been made to make these letters widely available in their complete form. This multi-volume scholarly edition presents a comprehensive selection of her English, French, Italian, and German correspondence compiled from more than 30 archives worldwide that reflect her wide variety of interests and occupations as a Woman of Letters and contributor to scholarship and political activism. Letters written in a lan.