Literary Criticism
Companionable Books
Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…
The Cambridge History of English Literature
In the preliminary statement of the aims and objects of this History, communicated to those who were invited to become contributors to it, t…
Within a Budding Grove
In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (French: À la recherche du temps perdu) is a semi-autobiographical novel in seve…
Visions and Revisions
Powys presents a set of literary devotions of great figures in Literature who have obsessed him. He attempts not so much a reasoned critique…
The Raven
Poe’s famous narrative poem and the author’s reflections on its composition. (David Wales)
The Bible in Shakspeare
A compendium and analysis of similarities between the Bible and passages in Shakespeare's plays and other works, including Biblical referenc…
Appreciations
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well …
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction
Scholar of the macabre Dorothy Scarborough provides us with the first comprehensive overview of supernatural fiction in literary history, a …
From Ritual to Romance
From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie L. Weston.Weston's book is an examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends an…
Poland
"I had accepted an invitation to deliver three lectures in French in the town-hall of Warsaw." Thus begins the description of the …
The Spirit of the Age
William Hazlitt was a keen observer of his time and the people populating the literary landscape. He presents short monographs on such illus…
Homage to John Dryden
Best known as a poet and playwright, Nobel Laureate T.S. Eliot also wrote many works of literary criticism. In this volume he gives us thr…
The Tale of Terror
The Tale of Terror by Edith Birkhead is a foundational exploration of the horror genre, tracing its evolution and impact on literature. This…
Old and New Masters
Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: …
The Welsh And Their Literature
Originally an article in the US Edition of the London Quarterly Review, George Borrow offers a sweeping history of Welsh literature, beginni…
Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS
This is a duet by Michele Fry, reading Ingersoll's essay, and Kay Williams, an authentic Scotsman, reading Burns' poetry. Robert Burns (25 J…
Essays Irish and American
From the noted artist and father of the celebrated Irish poet William Butler Yeats comes this short collection of essays on the literary lif…
Inside Stories
From traditional to experimental in format, this collection of short stories includes mysteries, monologues, literary pieces and mischievous…
Reviews
Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would hav…
The Spirit of American Literature
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE is a collection of essays reviewing contemporary authors on the literary scene at the turn of the century …