Saintsbury

[ seynts-buh-ree ]

noun

1. George Edward Bate·man [beyt, -m, uh, n], 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.

Saintsbury

/ -brɪ; ˈseɪntsbərɪ /

noun

1. SaintsburyGeorge Edward Bateman18451933MBritishWRITING: literary criticHISTORY: historian George Edward Bateman. 1845–1933, British literary critic and historian; author of many works on English and French literature

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

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

Saintsbury was a terrible Tory, but good on the French.

From New York Times

I don’t remember that Saintsbury was ever funny.

From New York Times

But what really started me writing critical essays was my reading of George Saintsbury.

From New York Times