Stansky, Peter (David Lyman)

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STANSKY, Peter (David Lyman)

STANSKY, Peter (David Lyman). American, b. 1932. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Biography. Career: Frances and Charles Field Professor of History, Stanford University, CA, 1974- (Associate Professor, 1968-74). Ed., Conference on British Studies Biographical Series, Cambridge University Press, 1970-74. Publications: Ambitions and Strategies, 1964; England since 1867, 1973; Gladstone, 1979; William Morris, 1983; Redesigning the World, 1985;On or about December 1910: Early Bloomsbury and Its Intimate History, 1996; From William Morris to Sergeant Pepper, 1999; Sas- soon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil, 2003. CO-AUTHOR: Journey to the Frontier, 1966; The Unknown Orwell, 1972; Orwell: The Transformation, 1979; London's Burning, 1994. EDITOR: The Left and War, 1969; John Morley: 19th Century Essays, 1970; Churchill, 1973; The Victorian Revolution, 1974; On Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1983. Address: Dept. of History, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.

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