Collected essays, papers, &c., of Robert Bridges (v.2-3)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Collected essays, papers, &c., of Robert Bridges (v.2-3)
Classmark: BC Read C860
Creator(s): Bridges, Robert (1844-1930)
Additional creator(s): Bridges, M M (Other)
Related people: Keats, John, 1795-1821
Publisher: Oxford University Press, H. Milford
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1927-1936
Language: English
Size and medium: 30 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/265939
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017363909705181
Collection group(s): Herbert Read Collection
Description
"The general purpose of the series... is to deal ... with the problem of our English spelling."--Pref., v. 1.
Uses phonetic symbols, to a limited degree.
Contents: 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 Emil Brontë. X. Dryden on Milton -- XI. Studies in poetry. XII. Springs of 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 -- XXVII. An address to the Swindon W.E.A. XXVIII. The necessity of poetry. XXIX. Poetry. XXX. Appendix: An account of the casualty department.
Additional description
Ms notes in margins. Read bookplate on fly-leaf
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