Landor as Critic

Herausgeber: Proudfit, Charles L.

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1979, Landor as Critic is a comprehensive study of Walter Savage Landor's critical writings, showcasing his contributions as a literary critic and his influence on literature. The book features the most representative examples of Landor's criticism across various literary forms, including private and public letters, imaginary conversations, reviews, poems, and prose commentaries, arranged chronologically within each category. With detailed analysis and thoughtful selections, this work is an essential resource for literary scholars and enthusiasts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781041249818
• ISBN-10: 1041249810
• Artikelnr.: 75883784

Inhaltsangabe

Preface And Acknowledgements Introduction Note on the Text Part I: Prose
Commentaries 1. Preface to 'Gebir' 2. Post-Script to 'Gebir' 3.
'Commentary on Memoirs of Mr. Fox' Part II: Selections from Letters Private
and Public 4. Letters to Robert Southey 5. Letters to Reverent Walter Birch
6. Letters to Lady Blessington 7. Letters to John Forster 8. To the
Reverent Charles Cuthbert Southey on his Father's Character and Public
Services 9. Letters from W.S. Landour to R.W. Emerson Part III: Imaginary
Conversations 10. Southey and Porson I 11. The Abbe Delille and Walter
Landor 12. Lord Chesterfield and Lord Chatham 13. Landor, English Visitor
and Florentine Visitor 14. Epicurious, Leontion and Ternissa 15. 'The
Pentameron'16. Southey and Porson II 17. Southey and Landor I and II 18.
Archdeacon Hare and Walter Landor Part IV: Reviews 19. The Poems of
Catullus 20. The Idyls of Theocritus 21. Francesco Petrarca Part V: Poems
22. To Southey 23. To Wordsworth 24. To Robert Browning 25. On Catullus
26. [Thomas Carlyle] 27. [Lord Byron] 28. Goldsmith and Gray 29. To Chaucer
30. [Dante, Milton, and Shakespeare] Select Bibliography Index