Philip Gaskell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1114146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Gaskell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaskell |
| SIGNATURE | GASKELL P |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8572-8997 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Landmarks in Classical Literature
Landmarks in Classical Literature is the final volume in a set of three books about the major authors of Western literature and their works from Classical times until the early twentieth century. In this volume, Philip Gaskell introduces the work of the greatest writers of Classical Greece and Rome in translation. The book begins with prehistory and the age of the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey; and looks at later lyric poets such as Sa…
Standard written English
An assertion of the homogeneity of printed English worldwide
Landmarks in European Literature
This book introduces thirty-two key works of European literature in translation to ordinary readers. Ranging from Dante's Divine Comedy to Brecht's Threepenny Opera , Philip Gaskell takes a canon of recognised literary classics and introduces each work, setting it in the literary and historical contexts of its times. The selection of works cover the main genres of poetry, prose and drama, and the other authors included are Petrarch, Villon, Ronsa…
Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance. But Morvern Transformed is more than a study of history: it is (to quote Professor R. H. Campbell's new Introduction) 'a fascinating portrayal of a way of life which, only a century old, is already…
Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance. But Morvern Transformed is more than a study of history: it is (to quote Professor R. H. Campbell's new Introduction) 'a fascinating portrayal of a way of life which, only a century old, is already…
Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance. But Morvern Transformed is more than a study of history: it is (to quote Professor R. H. Campbell's new Introduction) 'a fascinating portrayal of a way of life which, only a century old, is already…
Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
Landmarks in European Literature
This book introduces thirty-two key works of European literature in translation to ordinary readers. Ranging from Dante's Divine Comedy to Brecht's Threepenny Opera , Philip Gaskell takes a canon of recognised literary classics and introduces each work, setting it in the literary and historical contexts of its times. The selection of works cover the main genres of poetry, prose and drama, and the other authors included are Petrarch, Villon, Ronsa…
Standard written English
An assertion of the homogeneity of printed English worldwide
Landmarks in Classical Literature
Landmarks in Classical Literature is the final volume in a set of three books about the major authors of Western literature and their works from Classical times until the early twentieth century. In this volume, Philip Gaskell introduces the work of the greatest writers of Classical Greece and Rome in translation. The book begins with prehistory and the age of the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey; and looks at later lyric poets such as Sa…
History (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Scottish History and National Identity (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Assertion (1 works)