Richard Jefferies Summary

The name of Richard Jefferies is one invoked most often by association, whether with predecessors such as William Cobbett or Gilbert White, with contemporaries such as Thomas Hardy or W. H. Hudson, or... Read more

In the following article, the Saturday Review critic provides a very positive assessment of The Amateur Poacher. This third volume of a very agreeable series is perhaps in some respects more enjoya... Read more

In the excerpt below, Looker compares the early and later works of Jefferies. What is most striking in the life of Richard Jefferies is the gradual development of his power of thought from the conv... Read more

Here, Williamson surveys Jefferies's life and discusses his development of two distinct styles. It is not always immediately apparent to the very young writer that a man's thoughts, a... Read more

In this excerpt, Taylor studies four ofJefferies's essay collections, suggesting that his "numerous essays originated in his obsessive early cataloguings of the details of the natural wo... Read more

In the following excerpt, Krasner explores Jefferies's view of nature, noting that he perceives "natural energy rather than natural form." Albert Einstein [in The Evolution of ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Salt discusses the shift in Jefferies's style from naturalist to poet-naturalist, as "we find the poetical and imaginative element wielding almost complete supr... Read more

A poet, novelist, and critic, Thomas is the most prominent twentieth-century representative of the tradition of nature poetry in English literature. His verse displays a profound love of natural beaut... Read more

Garnett was a prominent editor for several London publishing houses, and discovered or greatly influenced the work of many important English writers. He also published several volumes of criticism, al... Read more