The Art of Letters


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From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his day with critiques of poets and and poetry, ranging from Pepys to Walter de la Mare. He even examines criticism itself. - Summary by Larry Wilson (9 hr 31 min)

Chapters

Dedication 1:02 Read by Larry Wilson
Mr. Pepys 17:31 Read by drandall
John Bunyan 13:09 Read by Larry Wilson
Thomas Campion 14:36 Read by Graham Scott
John Donne Part I  from beginning through "Who is my mistress:" 17:18 Read by Graham Scott
John Donne Part II from "One sort of readers" through "Anne Donne; Undone" 14:45 Read by Graham Scott
John Donne Part III from "His married life" to end 16:52 Read by Graham Scott
Horace Walpole Part I from beginning to "people in the room." 13:46 Read by Graham Scott
Horace Walpole Part II from "It is generally assumed" through "fashionable trif… 13:54 Read by Graham Scott
Horace Walpole Part III from "Not that it is possible to represent him" to end 12:21 Read by Graham Scott
William Cowper Part I from beginning through "the creature he describes.” 16:58 Read by thestorygirl
William Cowper Part II from "Cowper was not to be" through  "both men.." 21:44 Read by thestorygirl
William Cowper Part III from "If we love Cowper" to end 13:44 Read by thestorygirl
A Note on Elizabethan Plays 11:33 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Office of the Poets 16:28 Read by Kathleen Moore
Edward Young as Critic 14:14 Read by Kathleen Moore
Gray and Collins 15:25 Read by Graham Scott
Aspects of Shelley: The Character Half-Comic 14:44 Read by Graham Scott
Aspects of Shelley: The Experimentalist 10:36 Read by Graham Scott
Aspects of Shelley: The Poet of Hope 10:44 Read by Graham Scott
The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as Critic 16:31 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as a Talker 15:53 Read by Kathleen Moore
Tennyson: A Temporary Criticism 10:22 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare:  Swift 11:55 Read by Graham Scott
The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare: Shakespeare 13:53 Read by Graham Scott
The Personality of Morris 14:19 Read by Graham Scott
George Meredith: The Egoist 11:40 Read by Loraine Flegal
George Meredith: The Olympian Unbends 8:29 Read by Loraine Flegal
George Meredith: The Anglo-Irish Aspect 8:51 Read by Amelia Chesley
Oscar Wilde 9:40 Read by Graham Scott
Two English Critics: Mr. Saintsbury 16:01 Read by Amelia Chesley
Two English Critics: Mr. Gosse 12:53 Read by drandall
An American Critic: Professor Irving Babbitt 14:33 Read by Gary Grenholm
Georgians: Mr. de la Mare 15:51 Read by Gary Grenholm
Georgians: The Group 8:01 Read by Gary Grenholm
Georgians: The Young Satirists 16:25 Read by Gary Grenholm
Labour of Authorship 14:28 Read by Amelia Chesley
The Theory of Poetry 13:34 Read by thestorygirl
The Critic as Destroyer 25:26 Read by drandall
Book Reviewing Part I from beginning through "without ever being able to see it… 15:33 Read by Amelia Chesley
Book Reviewing Part II from "One of the chief virtues of the anecdote" to the e… 15:34 Read by Amelia Chesley