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Basil Willey (1897–1978)

Author of The Seventeenth Century Background

14+ Works 831 Members 1 Review

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Includes the names: Basil Wiley, Basil Willey, Basil. The Willey

Works by Basil Willey

The Seventeenth Century Background (1935) 383 copies, 1 review

The Eighteenth-Century Background: Studies on the Idea of Nature in the Thought of the Period (1941) 193 copies

Nineteenth Century Studies: Coleridge to Matthew Arnold (1949) 123 copies

More nineteenth century studies : a group of honest doubters (1956) 50 copies

The English Moralists (1966) 25 copies

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1972) 21 copies

Christianity Past and Present (1979) 10 copies

Spots of Time: A Retrospect of the Years 1897-1920 (1975) 7 copies

Darwin And Butler Two Versions Of Evolution (1960) 7 copies

Cambridge and Other Memories (1968) 5 copies

The 'Q' Tradition an inaugural lecture 2 copies

La cultura inglese del Seicento e del Settecento (1934) 2 copies

Richard Crashaw (1612/13-1649): A memorial lecture delivered at Peterhouse, Cambridge, on 11 July 1949 (1949) 2 copies

Tendencies in Renaissance Literary Theory. (1973) 1 copy

Associated Works

Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864) — Introduction, some editions — 1,670 copies, 17 reviews

The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford & Mark Rutherford's Deliverance (1969) — Introduction, some editions — 8 copies

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Birthdate: 1897-07-25
Date of death: 1978-09-03
Gender: male
Education: University of Cambridge
Organizations: University of Cambridge
British Academy (Fellow)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Athenaeum Club, London, England, UK
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Places of residence: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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Works: 14
Also by: 2
Members: 831
Popularity: #30,723
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 42

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