Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Introduction

Editor’s Note

PART I Master-Spirits

JANE AUSTEN Emma’s Fancy

WILLIAM BLAKE The Unfading Vision

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Talking Through the Darkness

SARAH ORNE JEWETT The News from Dunnet Landing

GEORGE ELIOT The Will to Good

MRS OLIPHANT The Heart and Soul of Carlingford

THE VICTORIANS Called Against His Will

WILLIAM MORRIS His Daily Bread

ARTS AND CRAFTS Lasting Impressions

RHYME AND METRE Obstacles

M. R. JAMES Monty and His Ghosts

THE WORLD OF PUNCH Thin, Fat, and Crazy

YEATS AND HIS CIRCLE A Bird Tied to a String

NEW WOMEN AND NEWER Dear Sphinx

BLOOMSBURY A Way Into Life

MODERNS AND ANTI-MODERNS The Great Encourager

THE FORTIES AND AFTER What’s Happening in the Engine Room

PART II Writers and Witnesses 1980-2000

WRITERS A Secret Richness

WITNESSES Grandmother’s Footsteps

PART III Places

THE MOORS

PART IV Life and Letters

CURRICULUM VITAE

SCENES OF CHILDHOOD Well Walk

ASPECTS OF FICTION Following the Plot

WHY I WRITE

How I WRITE: DAISY’S INTERVIEW

PART V Coda

LAST WORDS

INDEX

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