Essays in Retrospect: Collected Articles and Addresses
by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1948. iv, 161 pp. Good, no dust jacket, a red crayon mark on the back board. Contents: Preface; Courteous Reader; The Great Diarist, and Some Others; Samuel Johnson: 1. Literary Monarch, 2. The Unaccountable Companion; Joel Barlow's Vision of Columbus; Shelley Once More; The Poetry of the Brontes; William Morris as Poet; The Amusing Pre-Raphaelites; Meredith's Poetry; The Poetry of A. E. Housman; Trollope; Hand and Soul; Sitter and Portrait; The Quality of Mercy; Ancester Worship, with Some Remarks About the Sea Worm; Index. "[Morris's] tales do not beset our attention, but rise before it like some warm mirage. They seem to come from some lotos-land, in which it is always afternoon. As the poet himself asserts, they are sung 'To those who in the sleepy region stay, / Lulled by the singer of an empty day.' "--from Morris as Poet. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000966
- Title
- Essays in Retrospect: Collected Articles and Addresses
- Author
- Tinker, Chauncey Brewster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Conn.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- poetry, essays, criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Essays;
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