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Six lectures on literature

by Charles Harold HERFORD (1853 - 1931)

The permanent power of English poetry (1902)

C. H. Herford was Professor of English Literature at the Victoria University of Manchester in era when public lectures were published in pamphlet form. The six lectures in this collection span Herford's career at the University during the turbulent first two decades of the twentieth century. Taking a historical view, Herford covers a wide range of eras and writers in an exploration of the roots of English literature. - Summary by Phil Benson

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Is there a poetic view of the world (1916) part 2 , Is there a poetic view of the world (1916) part 1 , Norse myth in English poetry (1919) , The bearing of English studies on the national life (1910) , The normality of Shakespeare illustrated in his treatment of love and marriage (1920) , The poetry of Lucretius (1917)