Some Diversions of a Man of Letters [electronic resource] /
Edmund Gosse
- Project Gutenberg, 2006
- Project Gutenberg 18649 .
Preface: On fluctuations of taste -- The shepherd of the ocean -- The songs of Shakespeare -- Catharine Trotter, the precursor of the bluestockings -- The message of the Wartons -- The charm of Sterne -- The centenary of Edgar Allan Poe -- The author of "Pelham" -- The challenge of the Brontës -- Disraeli's novels -- Three experiments in portraiture: Lady Dorothy Nevill; Lord Cromer; The last days of Lord Redesdale -- The lyrical poetry of Thomas Hardy -- Some soldier poets -- The future of English poetry -- The agony of the Victorian age -- Index.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry English literature -- History and criticism American literature -- History and criticism