What is a classic? : an address delivered before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October, 1944 / by T.S. Eliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Contributor:

Virgil Society.

Erwin K. and Carol Welsch T.S. Eliot Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classicism.

Classicism in literature.

Virgil.

Penn Provenance:

Welsch, Erwin K. (former owner) (Welsch Eliot Collection)

Harves, Carol Anne (donor) (Welsch Eliot Collection)

Physical Description:

32 pages ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

Glasgow : Printed in Great Britain by R. MacLehose and Company Limited, The University Press Glasgow.

Place of Publication:

London : Faber & Faber, 24 Russell Square, 1945.

Notes:

"Published early in 1945 for distribution gratis to members of the Virgil Society; 500 copies printed."--Cf. Gallup

"First published in Mcmxlv by Faber and Faber Limited ..."

"The error on the title-page, '16th' for '14th', was not corrected even in later impressions."--Cf. Gallup.

"The book was not separately published in the United States, but the essay is included in 'On Poetry and Poets' (1957)."--Cf. Gallup.

Local Notes:

Welsch Eliot Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Carol Anne Harves.

Cited in:

Gallup, D.C. Eliot (rev. ed.), A45

OCLC:

830323