Old and New Masters


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Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: some well known, and some a bit more obscure to the average reader today. Robert Lynd (1879 – 1949) is best known as a literary essayist and Irish nationalist. He published many essays, all written in an easy, conversational style. Lynd was an essayist after the manner of Charles Lamb, and deserves to be better known. A complete list of his works is available at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_Lynd (summary by chocmuse) (8 hr 31 min)

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01 - Ch.1: Dostoevsky the Sensationalist 15:24 Gelesen von chocmuse
02 - Ch.2: Jane Austen: Natural Historian 15:08 Gelesen von Snapdragon
03 - Ch.3.i - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 1. The Heavenly Twins 15:24 Gelesen von Phil Chenevert
04 - Ch.3.ii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc : The Copiousness of Mr… 8:24 Gelesen von Phil Chenevert
05 - Ch.3.iii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 3. The Two Mr. Cheste… 14:07 Gelesen von TriciaG
06 - Ch.4.i - Wordsworth: 1. His Personality and Genius 19:42 Gelesen von TriciaG
07 - Ch.4.ii - Wordsworth: 2. His Politics 16:13 Gelesen von TriciaG
08 - Ch.5.i - Keats: 1. The Biography 15:36 Gelesen von Vickie Ranz
09 - Ch.5.ii - Keats: 2. The Matthew Arnold View 10:21 Gelesen von Amy Gramour
10 - Ch.6.i - Henry James: 1. The Novelist of Grains and Scruples 8:00 Gelesen von chocmuse
11 - Ch.6.ii - Henry James: 2. The Artist at Work 17:21 Gelesen von Bill Mosley
12 - Ch.6.iii - Henry James: 3. How He was Born Again 17:45 Gelesen von Bill Mosley
13 - Ch.7 - Browning - The Poet of Love 15:43 Gelesen von chocmuse
14 - Ch.8 - The Fame of J.M. Synge 8:29 Gelesen von Lucretia B.
15 - Ch.9 - Villon: The Genius of the Tavern 14:42 Gelesen von Arlene Joyce
16 - Ch.10 - Pope 12:58 Gelesen von pekein
17 - Ch. 11 - James Elroy Flecker 9:07 Gelesen von Amy Gramour
18 - Ch.12 - Turgenev 12:15 Gelesen von pekein
19 - Ch.13 - The Madness of Strindberg 17:22 Gelesen von Vickie Ranz
20 - Ch.14 - 'The Prince of French Poets' 16:03 Gelesen von Arlene Joyce
21 - Ch.15 - Rossetti and Ritual 10:03 Gelesen von Snapdragon
22 - Ch.16 - Mr Bernard Shaw 16:45 Gelesen von Canby Ibarra
23 - Ch.17 - Mr Masefield's Secret 19:13 Gelesen von Bill Mosley
24 - Ch.18.i - Mr W.B. Yeats: 1. His Own Account of Himself 16:51 Gelesen von Timothy Ferguson
25 - Ch.18.ii - Mr W.B. Yeats: 2. His Poetry 13:33 Gelesen von Timothy Ferguson
26 - Ch.19 - Tchehov: The Perfect Story-Teller 12:46 Gelesen von pekein
27 - Ch.20 - Lady Gregory 10:57 Gelesen von Snapdragon
28 - Ch.21 - Mr Cunningham Graham 7:18 Gelesen von April Gonzales
29 - Ch.22.i - Swinburne: 1. The Exotic Bird 9:08 Gelesen von Oracle4
30 - Ch.22.ii - Swinburne: 2. Genius without Eyes 13:52 Gelesen von Oracle4
31 - Ch.23 - The Work of T.M. Kettle 12:15 Gelesen von Oracle4
32 - Ch.24 - Mr J.C. Squire 12:48 Gelesen von Lucretia B.
33 - Ch.25.i - R. Joseph Conrad: 1. The Making of an Author 10:45 Gelesen von pekein
34 - Ch.25.ii - R. Joseph Conrad: 2. Tales of Mystery 14:07 Gelesen von pekein
35 - Ch.26.i - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 1. The Good Story-Teller 5:47 Gelesen von Snapdragon
36 - Ch.26.ii - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 2. The Poet of Life with a Capital Hell 11:34 Gelesen von Snapdragon
37 - Ch.27.i - Mr Thomas Hardy: 1. His Genius as a Poet 15:25 Gelesen von chocmuse
38 - Ch.27.ii - Mr Thomas Hardy: 2. A Poet in Winter 18:20 Gelesen von CaprishaPage