Julia Briggs Books

Julia Briggs was a writer and critic of great talents, a gifted scholar and a profoundly generous teacher who pioneered the study of children's literature and of women's writing in universities. Deeply humanist in outlook, she had an abiding belief in the value of literary study and in the power of education to transform lives. Her work delved deeply into English literature, particularly the ghost story genre, and championed the study of women writers, enriching academic discourse.