Talks on the Study of Literature.

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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.

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.

English.

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