Tag Archives: William Lyon Phelps

Some ‘announcements’

I am staggered that my Introduction has passed its latest grilling, been tweaked yet again, and finalised as version 8. Deep down, though, I know I can’t write this sort of thing. To quote another favourite tag of Chekhovians, from Three … Continue reading

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Profs Phelps and Senelick get it right

On 14 September 1922 the following letter appeared on pages 584-85 of the Times Literary Supplement:  Sir, — In your issue for August 3 you say “outside Mr Lubbock’s book, Calderon’s plays and ‘Tahiti’ are all that is left of a … Continue reading

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