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Lectures and essays / by Alfred Ainger.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd. ; New York : Macmillan Co., 1905.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. The three stages of Shakspeare's art : spring (1591-1598); summer (1598-1605); autumn (1605-1612). The ethical element in Shakspeare. Sir John Falstaff. Euphuism, past and present. Swift : his life and genius (three lectures). Some leaders in the poetic revival of 1760-1820 : Cowper; Burns; Scott. Mrs. Barbauld. The children's books of a hundred years ago
- v. 2. The letters of Charles Lamb. How I traced Charles Lamb in Hertfordshire. Nether Stowey. Coleridge's ode to Wordsworth. The death of Tennyson. The secret of charm in literature. The influence of Chaucer upon his successors. The illiterate peasant. Some aspects of Mr. Stephen Phillips's new tragedy [Paolo and Francesca]. Mr. Dickens's amateur theatricals. Charles James Mathews. True and false humour in literature. Sir George Rose. The art of conversation. The teaching of English literature. Books and their uses.
- Notes:
- "The greater number of the essays appeared in the pages of Macmillan's magazine."--Pref., signed: H. C. Beeching.
- ISBN:
- 0404003605
- OCLC:
- 565465
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