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)

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