Six lectures on literature

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Literary Criticism

Authors: Charles Harold Herford In Year : 1902

Book Language: English

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The permanent power of English poetry (1902)
The bearing of English studies on the national life (1910)
Is there a poetic view of the world (1916) part 1
Is there a poetic view of the world (1916) part 2
The poetry of Lucretius (1917)
Norse myth in English poetry (1919)
The normality of Shakespeare illustrated in his treatment of love and marriage (1920)

C. H. Herford was Professor of English Literature at the Victoria University of Manchester in era when public lectures were published in pamphlet form. The six lectures in this collection span Herford's career at the University during the turbulent first two decades of the twentieth century. Taking a historical view, Herford covers a wide range of eras and writers in an exploration of the roots of English literature. - Summary by Phil Benson