Seventeenth century studies presented to Sir Herbert Grierson.

Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Wilson, John Dover, 1881-1969.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1938.
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Notes:Preface signed: J. Dover Wilson.

Pascal in debate, by H.F. Stewart.--Corneille and Dryden as dramatic critics, by Pierre Legouis.--The limits of Locke's rationalism, by R.I. Aaron.--English architecture during the seventeenth century, by H.S. Goodhart-Rendel.--Leibniz and the fitness of things, by L.J. Russell.--Words and music: some obiter dicta, by D.F. Tovey.--Phalaris and Phalarism, by H.W. Garrod.--The turn of the century, by Basil Willey.--A list of Sir Herbert Grierson's publications, 1906-37 (p. [395]-403)--Index.

Physical description: xv, 415, [1] p., 5 pl. on 4 leaves : ill. port. ; 23 cm.

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Table of Contents:
Rekenschap, voor Sir Herbert Grierson, by P.C. Boutens.
Bacon and the defence of learning, by Geoffrey Bullough.
Bacon's part in the intellectual movement of his time, by Rudolf Metz.
A French précieux lyrist of the early seventeenth century: Pierre Motin, by T.B. Rudmose-Brown.
King James the First of England as poet and poltical writer, by C.J. Sisson.
Donne and love poetry in the seventeenth century, by C.S. Lewis.
The love poetry of John Donne, a reply to Mr. C.S. Lewis, by Joan Bennett.
Joost van den Vondel, by A.J. Barnouw.
An apology for Mr. Hobbes, by A.E. Taylor.
George Herbert, by F.E. Hutchinson.
Calderón and the Spanish religious theatre of the seventeenth century, by J.B. Trend.
A note on Milton's imagery and rhythm, by Laurence Binyon.
Milton and Poussin, by Mario Praz.
Milton and the English epic tradition, by E.M.W. Tillyard.
A note on two odes of Cowley, by T.S. Eliot.
Henry Vaughan and the theme of infancy, by L.C. Martin.