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Stevens, Earl E., and Stevens, H. Ray. John Galsworthy: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him. De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1980, 484 p.

Comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Biography

Barker, Dudley. The Man of Principle: A View of John Galsworthy. London: Heinemann, 1963, 240 p.

Examines the events that shaped Galsworthy's life and work.

Holloway, David. John Galsworthy. International Profiles, edited by Edward Stoner. London: Morgan-Grampian Books, 1968, 92 p.

Brief introductory biography of Galsworthy. Includes photographs from productions of Galsworthy's plays and the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga.

Marrot, H. V. The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936, 819 p.

Official biography of Galsworthy which includes correspondence and photographs.

Mottram, R. H. John Galsworthy. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1953, 40 p.

An overview of Galsworthy's life and work.

Sauter, Rudolf. Galsworthy the Man: An Intimate Portrait. London: Peter Owen, 1967, 176 p.

Appreciative biography by Galsworthy's nephew.

Criticism

Dooley, D. J. "Character and Credibility in The Forsyte Saga." The Dalhousie Review 50 (Autumn 1970): 373-77.

Praises the BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga.

Fisher, John. The World of the Forsytes. London: Martin Seeker & Warburg, 1976, 224 p.

A discussion of the social and political climate in England between 1886 and 1926, a period that Fisher refers to as the "Forsyte Era."

Fréchet, Alec. John Galsworthy: A Reassessment. Translated by Denis Mahaffey. Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1982, 229 p.

A reevaluation of Galsworthy's life and writing in light of the renewed interest in the author during the 1960s.

Kaye-Smith, Sheila. John Galsworthy. New York: H. Holt and Company, 1916, 128 p.

Surveys Galsworthy's career and analyzes his writings.

McQuitty, Peter. "The Forsyte Chronicles: A Nineteenth-Century Liberal View of English History." English Literature in Transition 23, No. 2 (1980): 99-114.

Argues that Galsworthy did not attack Victorian standards—especially, the acquisition of property—in "The Forsyte Chronicles," but rather that he justified and embraced its ideals.

Wagenknecht, Edward. "Pity, Irony, and John Galsworthy." In his Cavalcade of the English Novel: From Elizabeth to George VI, pp. 477-93. New York: H. Holt and Company, 1954.

Surveys The Forsyte Saga, A Modern Comedy, and End of the Chapter and discusses literary influences on Galsworthy's work.

Wilson, Angus. "Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga." In Diversity and Depth in Fiction, edited by Kerry McSweeney, pp. 149-52. New York: Viking Press, 1984.

A negative review of The Forsyte Saga, criticizing Galsworthy's technique, especially his character and plot development.

Additional coverage of Galsworthy's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 104, 141; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography 1890-1914; Dictionary of Literary Biography; Discovering Authors; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 45; and World Literature Criticism, Vol. 2.

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