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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192122312
ISBN-139780192122315
eBay Product ID (ePID)4984844
Product Key Features
Number of Pages468 Pages
Publication NameFortune and Men's Eyes : the Career of John Payne Collier
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1982
SubjectLinguistics / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorNot Available
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN81-022326
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal098/.3/0924
SynopsisExamines Collier's life and the calamity which overtook it. It describes his career as journalist, editor, and scholar, and his friendships and quarrels over a period of seventy years. In particular, it investigates the British Museum 'Inquisition' which precipitated the accusations agains him and it pieces together the true story from hiterto ignored documents and unpublished journals and correspondence.