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Art of Letters

Robert Lynd

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays 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

Year of Publication: 1921Genres: Essays & Short Works
Running Time: 09 hours 31 minutes 16 seconds(41 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: Graham Scott, Kathleen Moore, Amelia Chesley
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Dedication
Larry Wilson
1:02
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Mr. Pepys
drandall
17:31
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John Bunyan
Larry Wilson
13:09
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Thomas Campion
Graham Scott
14:36
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John Donne Part I  from beginning through "Who is my mistress:"
Graham Scott
17:18
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John Donne Part II from "One sort of readers" through "Anne Donne; Undone"
Graham Scott
14:45
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John Donne Part III from "His married life" to end
Graham Scott
16:52
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Horace Walpole Part I from beginning to "people in the room."
Graham Scott
13:46
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Horace Walpole Part II from "It is generally assumed" through "fashionable trifler"
Graham Scott
13:54
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Horace Walpole Part III from "Not that it is possible to represent him" to end
Graham Scott
12:21
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William Cowper Part I from beginning through "the creature he describes.”
thestorygirl
16:58
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William Cowper Part II from "Cowper was not to be" through  "both men.."
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21:44
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William Cowper Part III from "If we love Cowper" to end
thestorygirl
13:44
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A Note on Elizabethan Plays
Kathleen Moore
11:33
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The Office of the Poets
Kathleen Moore
16:28
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Edward Young as Critic
Kathleen Moore
14:14
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Gray and Collins
Graham Scott
15:25
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Aspects of Shelley: The Character Half-Comic
Graham Scott
14:44
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Aspects of Shelley: The Experimentalist
Graham Scott
10:36
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Aspects of Shelley: The Poet of Hope
Graham Scott
10:44
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The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as Critic
Kathleen Moore
16:31
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The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as a Talker
Kathleen Moore
15:53
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Tennyson: A Temporary Criticism
Kathleen Moore
10:22
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The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare:  Swift
Graham Scott
11:55
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The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare: Shakespeare
Graham Scott
13:53
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The Personality of Morris
Graham Scott
14:19
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George Meredith: The Egoist
Loraine Flegal
11:40
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George Meredith: The Olympian Unbends
Loraine Flegal
8:29
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George Meredith: The Anglo-Irish Aspect
Amelia Chesley
8:51
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Oscar Wilde
Graham Scott
9:40
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Two English Critics: Mr. Saintsbury
Amelia Chesley
16:01
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Two English Critics: Mr. Gosse
drandall
12:53
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An American Critic: Professor Irving Babbitt
Gary Grenholm
14:33
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Georgians: Mr. de la Mare
Gary Grenholm
15:51
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Georgians: The Group
Gary Grenholm
8:01
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Georgians: The Young Satirists
Gary Grenholm
16:25
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Labour of Authorship
Amelia Chesley
14:28
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The Theory of Poetry
thestorygirl
13:34
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The Critic as Destroyer
drandall
25:26
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Book Reviewing Part I from beginning through "without ever being able to see it."
Amelia Chesley
15:33
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Book Reviewing Part II from "One of the chief virtues of the anecdote" to the end
Amelia Chesley
15:34

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