Author: Wilson, Ronald A.
Title: The Pre-War Biographies of Romain Rolland and their Place in his Work and the Period
Description: London, Humphrey Milford, 1939. orig.cloth. 22x14cm, (4),233,iv pp, Series: St. Andrews University Publications, No. 42.. Binding corners bumped & rubbed,some side page-edge soil, Good+. ¶ Contents: Early Life & Backround; Early Dramatic Works; Millet; Vie de Beethoven; Vie de Michel-Ange; Vie de Tolstoi; Rolland the Scholar & "Poet"; Earlier Conceptions of the Hero & the Hero of Rolland; The Incomplete Cycle of Biographies & the 'Haendel'; The Interrelation of the 'Vies des Hommes Illustres' and 'Jean-Christophe'; The Action of the 'Vies' in the Pre-War Period; Review of Later Developments; Conclusion.

Keywords: French Literature, Romain Rolland, Literary Criticism, Biography, Biographies, Biographers, , ,