a critical history of english literature by david daiches vol 4 pdf

But Daisches is endlessly erudite but still beautifully clear. This is a fairly old book but it was a favourite of mine when I was studying for English Honours at the Final High School Examinations. He was a prolific writer, producing works on English literature, Scottish literature, literary history and criticism as well as the broader role of literature in society and culture.ĭaiches was the father of Jenni Calder, also a Scottish literary historian.

He went to Oxford where he became the Elton exhibitioner, and was elected Fellow of Balliol College in 1936.ĭuring World War II, he worked for the British Embassy in Washington, DC, producing pamphlets for the British Information Service and drafting speeches on British institutions and foreign policy.ĭaiches' first published work was The Place of Meaning in Poetry, published in 1935. He studied at George Watson's College and won a scholarship to University of Edinburgh where he won the Elliot prize. Salis Daiches was rabbi to Edinburgh's Jewish community. He moved to Edinburgh while still a young child, about the end of World War I, where his father, Rev. He was born in Sunderland, into a Jewish family with a Lithuanian background - the subject of his 1956 memoir, Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood. He wrote extensively on English literature, Scottish literature and Scottish culture. David Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and literary critic, scholar and writer.

A critical history of english literature by david daiches vol 4 pdf