The Art of Letters


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From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his day with critiques of poets and and poetry, ranging from Pepys to Walter de la Mare. He even examines criticism itself. - Summary by Larry Wilson (9 hr 31 min)

Chapitres

Dedication 1:02 Lu par Larry Wilson
Mr. Pepys 17:31 Lu par drandall
John Bunyan 13:09 Lu par Larry Wilson
Thomas Campion 14:36 Lu par Graham Scott
John Donne Part I  from beginning through "Who is my mistress:" 17:18 Lu par Graham Scott
John Donne Part II from "One sort of readers" through "Anne Donne; Undone" 14:45 Lu par Graham Scott
John Donne Part III from "His married life" to end 16:52 Lu par Graham Scott
Horace Walpole Part I from beginning to "people in the room." 13:46 Lu par Graham Scott
Horace Walpole Part II from "It is generally assumed" through "fashionable trif… 13:54 Lu par Graham Scott
Horace Walpole Part III from "Not that it is possible to represent him" to end 12:21 Lu par Graham Scott
William Cowper Part I from beginning through "the creature he describes.” 16:58 Lu par thestorygirl
William Cowper Part II from "Cowper was not to be" through  "both men.." 21:44 Lu par thestorygirl
William Cowper Part III from "If we love Cowper" to end 13:44 Lu par thestorygirl
A Note on Elizabethan Plays 11:33 Lu par Kathleen Moore
The Office of the Poets 16:28 Lu par Kathleen Moore
Edward Young as Critic 14:14 Lu par Kathleen Moore
Gray and Collins 15:25 Lu par Graham Scott
Aspects of Shelley: The Character Half-Comic 14:44 Lu par Graham Scott
Aspects of Shelley: The Experimentalist 10:36 Lu par Graham Scott
Aspects of Shelley: The Poet of Hope 10:44 Lu par Graham Scott
The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as Critic 16:31 Lu par Kathleen Moore
The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as a Talker 15:53 Lu par Kathleen Moore
Tennyson: A Temporary Criticism 10:22 Lu par Kathleen Moore
The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare:  Swift 11:55 Lu par Graham Scott
The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare: Shakespeare 13:53 Lu par Graham Scott
The Personality of Morris 14:19 Lu par Graham Scott
George Meredith: The Egoist 11:40 Lu par Loraine Flegal
George Meredith: The Olympian Unbends 8:29 Lu par Loraine Flegal
George Meredith: The Anglo-Irish Aspect 8:51 Lu par Amelia Chesley
Oscar Wilde 9:40 Lu par Graham Scott
Two English Critics: Mr. Saintsbury 16:01 Lu par Amelia Chesley
Two English Critics: Mr. Gosse 12:53 Lu par drandall
An American Critic: Professor Irving Babbitt 14:33 Lu par Gary Grenholm
Georgians: Mr. de la Mare 15:51 Lu par Gary Grenholm
Georgians: The Group 8:01 Lu par Gary Grenholm
Georgians: The Young Satirists 16:25 Lu par Gary Grenholm
Labour of Authorship 14:28 Lu par Amelia Chesley
The Theory of Poetry 13:34 Lu par thestorygirl
The Critic as Destroyer 25:26 Lu par drandall
Book Reviewing Part I from beginning through "without ever being able to see it… 15:33 Lu par Amelia Chesley
Book Reviewing Part II from "One of the chief virtues of the anecdote" to the e… 15:34 Lu par Amelia Chesley