Saintsbury

American  

[saynts-buh-ree] / ˈseɪnts bə ri /

noun

1. George Edward Bateman 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.

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Saintsbury British  

/ ˈseɪntsbərɪ, -brɪ /

noun

1. George Edward Bateman. 1845–1933, British literary critic and historian; author of many works on English and French literature

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Saintsbury

While Dickens appears to have added the "smoking" to the name, the English literary critic George Saintsbury hypothesized in his 1920 "Notes on a Cellar-Book" that it was born at Oxford University.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2022

It was through Saintsbury I came to read the French, especially Sainte-Beuve, and another critical line that interested me was Peacock/Meredith/Huxley.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Unlike the critic George Saintsbury, who looked to 18th-century literature for “repose and refreshment,” Damrosch never idealizes or whitewashes.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2019

Harvest at Saintsbury was due to start Monday and Ward said "We'll probably put that off a couple of days."

From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2014

George Saintsbury, born in 1845, studied at Merton College, Oxford, taught school 1868-76, was a journalist in London 1876-95, and held the chair of English Literature at Edinburgh University, 1895-1915.

From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres

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