Beschreibung
Published 1927-36. 30 essays in 10 vols, essays as follows: I, The Influence of the Audience on Shakespeare's Drama; II, Humdrum & Harum-Scarum: a lecture on free verse; III, Poetic Diction; IV, A Critical Introduction to Keats; V, George Darley; VI, The Poems of Mary Coleridge; VII, Lord De Tabley's Poems; VIII, Dante in English Literature; IX, The Poems of Emily Brontë; X, Dryden on Milton; XI, Studies in Poetry; XII, Springs on Helicon; XIII, Wordsworth & Kipling; XIV, Word-Books; XV, Letter on English Prosody & Note on Neo-Miltonics; XVI, The Bible; XVII, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; XVIII, Sir Thomas Browne; XIX, George Santayana; XX, The Glamour of Grammar; XXI, The Musical Setting of Poetry; XXII, Some Principles of Hymn-Singing; XXIII, About Hymns; XXIV, English Chanting; XXV, Chanting; XXVI, Psalms Noted in Speech Rhythm: preface and one psalm; XXVII, An Address to the Swindon W.E.A.; XXVIII, The Necessity of Poetry; XXIX, Poetry; XXX, Appendix: An Account of the Casualty Department. All vols but the first in glassine dustwrappers; all but one in first impression (the third in third impression). Cloth-backed boards, printed paper labels. Spine of vol. [i] slightly darkened, labels of vols [i] and [ii] a little foxed, some dustwrappwers slightly darkened or torn, some very mild foxing in text; most vols unopened, prospectuses loosely inserted in [i], [iv], [v] and [viii]. "The essays are printed in the phonetic alphabet invented by Mr. Robert Bridges, in type designed and cut by Mr. Stanley Morison and the London Monotype Corporation"; inserted in vol. [vi] is a printed single-sheet invitation to readers, not unanimously taken up, to object to future use of the alphabet. The author died in 1930, before the publication of vol. [iv], his widow supervising the work thereafter. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 30M100069
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