The Art of Letters

by Robert LYND (1879 - 1949)

The Theory of Poetry

The Art of Letters

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


Listen next episodes of The Art of Letters:
Book Reviewing Part I from beginning through "without ever being able to see it." , Book Reviewing Part II from "One of the chief virtues of the anecdote" to the end , The Critic as Destroyer