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Unsigned Review, The English Review
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …
The Composition of a Criticism, by Ernest Bernbaum
Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
Charles William Eliot
In Lectures on the Harvard Classics
The Lecture Series on the contents of The Harvard Classics ought to do much to open that collection of literary materials to many ambitious …
preface part 2
Read by KevinS
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
In Kopal-Kundala
A story of love and innocence, by one of India's most loved novelist/ poets of the 20th century, the mentor of Rabindrath Tagore. (Summary b…
Chapter 9, The Higher Criticism and Mr. Hibbs
Read by John
G. K. Chesterton
In The Flying Inn (Version 2)
Captain Patrick Dalroy and Humphrey Pump take to the road in a donkey cart with a cask of good rum, a giant round of cheese, and the signpos…
16 I Try Literature
Read by Grant Hurlock
Grant Allen
In The Type-Writer Girl
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …
Fallacious Meditations on Criticism
Read by S. Emily Lee
Christopher Morley
In Plum Pudding (version 2)
Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…
Chapter 7: Woman criticised
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Charles N. Queen
In Why Are So Few Men in the Churches? And Remedies
The strength of the book is in its facts and suggestions considered in a matter of fact and suggestive way. It offers criticism in the spiri…
FOREWORD
Read by Kazbek
D. H. Lawrence
In Studies in Classic American Literature
The staid academic title belies the freewheeling prose of D.H. Lawrence's essays, which are as contrarian, penetrating, and sometimes unpala…
Teacher and Critic, a review by: Nelson Antrim Crawford
Read by jenno
Various
In Poetry: A Magazine of Verse: Vol. 20, No. 6, Sep., 1922
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded by poet and columnist Harriet Monroe in 1912. This journal is regarded as one of the major poetry jo…
Chapter 20 - Section 6 - Reconstructive Force of Scientific Criticism
Read by John Greenman
Andrew Dickson White
In A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume Two
"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…
Remarkable Remarks
Read by MaryAnn
Various
In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2
Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…
Complaining
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.
In 1000 Things Worth Knowing
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…
Author Meets The Critics 48-08-29 So This Is New York
Mutual
In The Author Meets the Critics
In December 1942, the Mutual Broadcasting Network began airing a program called The Author Meets the Critics . This was a literary rou…
Prologue part 3
Read by Brize C
William Faulkner
In Mosquitoes
Four days on a patron's yacht; artists during the roaring twenties explore ... This version is tamer than the original housed at the Univers…
Section 34 (Conclusion)
Read by Piotr Nater
George Brandes
In Poland: A Study of the Land, People and Literature
"I had accepted an invitation to deliver three lectures in French in the town-hall of Warsaw." Thus begins the description of the …
A Constructive Critic of the Book
Read by Sheila
Henry Lyman Koopman
In The Booklover and His Books
This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Twilight Stories
A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge,…
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
George Sand
In The Snow Man
George Sand presents a novel containing one of her favorite crafts, besides creating wonderful literary works. This one involves the making …