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Talks to writers / by Lafcadio Hearn ; selected and edited with an introduction by John Erskine.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PN511 .H37 1927 Mausner copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mausner, Milton A., Estate of (donor) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Mausner, Milton A., 1918-2012 (former owner) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 243 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dodd, Mead and Co., 1927.
- Contents:
- On the relation of life and character to literature
- On composition
- Studies of extraordinary prose: The Norse writers ; Sir Thomas Browne ; Björnson ; Baudelaire
- The value of the supernatural in fiction
- The question of the highest art
- Tolstoi's theory of art
- Note upon the abuse and use of literary societies
- On reading
- Literature and public opinion
- Farewell address.
- Notes:
- The lectures in this volume are all reprinted from Life and Literature, Interpretations of Literature, and Lafcadio Hearn in Japan.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Mausner Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by the estate of Milton A. Mausner.
- OCLC:
- 2190345
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