Author |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 |
Editor |
Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 |
Title |
A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies
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Contents |
The tomb of Keats -- Keats's Sonnet on blue -- Dinners and dishes -- Shakespeare on scenery -- 'Henry the Fourth' at Oxford -- A handbook to marriage -- To read or not to read -- The letters of a great woman -- Béranger in England -- The poetry of the people -- 'The Cenci' -- Balzac in English -- Ben Jonson -- Mr. Symonds' history of the Renaissance -- Mr. Morris's 'Odyssey' -- Russian novelists -- Mr. Pater's 'Imaginary portraits' -- A German princess -- 'A village tragedy' -- Mr. Morris's completion of the 'Odyssey' -- Mrs. Somerville -- Aristotle at afternoon tea -- Early Christian art in Ireland -- Madame Ristori -- English poetesses -- Venus or Victory -- M. Caro on George Sand -- A fascinating book -- Henley's poems -- Some literary ladies -- Poetry and prison -- The gospel according to Walt Whitman -- Irish fairy tales -- Mr. W.B. Yeats -- Mr. Yeats's 'Wanderings of Oisin' -- Mr. William Morris's last book -- Some literary notes -- Mr. Swinburne's 'Poems and ballads' (third series) -- A Chinese sage -- Mr. Pater's 'Appreciations' -- Sententiae.
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Credits |
Transcribed from the 1919 Methuen & Co. Ltd. edition by David Price
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism
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Subject |
Books -- Reviews
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
30191 |
Release Date |
Oct 6, 2009 |
Most Recently Updated |
Nov 2, 2009 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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