Some Diversions of a Man of Letters

Sir Edmund Gosse was an English critic and literary historian, who translated and introduced the works of continental European writers to English readers. A prolific man of letters, he wrote literary histories, such as 18th Century Literature and Modern English Literature, as well as biographies of Thomas Gray, John Donne, Ibsen, Raleigh and other eminent people.

Published in 1919, “Some Diversions of a Man of Letters” is a volume of essays, which are here collected deal, for the most part, with figures in the history of English literature which have suffered from the changes of fortune and the instability of taste.

We are glad to present you the works of the distinguished man of letters, who was named a Companion of the Order of the Bath and was knighted in 1925. Enjoy the reading.