TY - BOOK AU - Bates,Arlo TI - Talks on the Study of Literature SN - 9781776532193 AV - PN59 .B35 2014 U1 - 808.0427 PY - 2014/// CY - Auckland PB - The Floating Press KW - Literature KW - Study and teaching KW - Littérature KW - Étude et enseignement KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Composition & Creative Writing KW - bisacsh KW - Rhetoric KW - REFERENCE KW - Writing Skills KW - fast KW - Languages & Literatures KW - hilcc KW - Literature - General KW - Electronic books N1 - Title; Contents; Talks on the Study of Literature; I -- What Literature Is; II -- Literary Expression; III -- The Study of Literature; IV -- Why We Study Literature; V -- False Methods; VI -- Methods of Study; VII -- The Language of Literature; VIII -- The Intangible Language; IX -- The Classics; X -- The Value of the Classics; XI -- The Greater Classics; XII -- Contemporary Literature; XIII -- New Books and Old; XIV -- Fiction; XV -- Fiction and Life; XVI -- Poetry; XVII -- The Texture of Poetry; XVIII -- Poetry and Life; Endnotes N2 - American-born critic Arlo Bates started his career as a journalist and editor, but later turned his efforts to analyzing and championing English literature, which led to him becoming a professor of English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This collection brings together a series of enlightening lectures that Bates presented about literature during his tenure. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the ethos behind literary studies at the dawn of the twentieth century UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=698779 ER -