Saintsbury

American  

[seynts-buh-ree] / ˈseɪnts bə ri /

noun

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

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Saintsbury British  

/ -brɪ, ˈseɪntsbərɪ /

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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Example Sentences

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

I don’t remember that Saintsbury was ever funny.

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

The Letters being Selected and Arranged to form a connected Narrative, with Biographical and Critical Introduction and Notes, by George Saintsbury, and 60 Drawings by Chris.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John