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H. F. B. Brett-Smith (1884–1951)

Author of The Four Ages of Poetry (Peacock, Shelley, Browning)

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Works by H. F. B. Brett-Smith

Associated Works

The Unfortunate Traveller; or, The Life of Jack Wilton (1594) — Editor, some editions — 121 copies, 7 reviews
The Comical Revenge/The Man of Mode/She Wou'd If She Cou'd (1982) — Editor, some editions — 14 copies, 1 review
The seven deadly sinnes of London (2003) — Editor, some editions — 12 copies
Nimphidia: The Court of Fayrie (1627) — Editor, some editions — 10 copies, 1 review

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Legal name
Brett-Smith, Herbert Francis Brett
Birthdate
1884
Date of death
1951
Education
B. A., Corpus Christi, Oxofrod (1907)
Occupations
Lecturer in English Literature, Oxford University
textual scholar
editor
Awards and honors
Goldsmith's Reader in English
Short biography
H.F.B. Brett-Smith was literary editor of the Shakespeare Head Press from 1920 until 1928.

Was a member of 'The Cave', a sort of proto-Inklings group at Oxford with Tolkien, Lewis and others.

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