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