Six lectures on literature
Charles Harold Herford
Read by Phil Benson
C. H. Herford was Professor of English Literature at the Victoria University of Manchester in era when public lectures were published in pamphlet form. The six lectures in this collection span Herford's career at the University during the turbulent first two decades of the twentieth century. Taking a historical view, Herford covers a wide range of eras and writers in an exploration of the roots of English literature. - Summary by Phil Benson (6 hr 18 min)
Chapters
| The permanent power of English poetry (1902) | 55:20 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The bearing of English studies on the national life (1910) | 53:52 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Is there a poetic view of the world (1916) part 1 | 1:04:33 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Is there a poetic view of the world (1916) part 2 | 32:18 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The poetry of Lucretius (1917) | 1:03:32 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Norse myth in English poetry (1919) | 1:07:19 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The normality of Shakespeare illustrated in his treatment of love and marriage … | 41:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
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