Man's unconquerable mind :
studies of English writers, from Bede to A.E. Housman and W.P. Ker /
by R.W. Chambers.
| Main Creator: | Chambers, R. W. (Raymond Wilson), 1874-1942. |
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| Format: | BOOK |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
London : J. Cape, [1939] |
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| Notes: |
Physical description:
414 p. :
ill., port., facsims. ;
23 cm.
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Table of Contents:
- Bede. Beowulf, and the 'heroic age' in England
- The man and 'the spirit of the age.'
- Piers Plowman : a comparative study. Martyrs of the reformation : More and Tyndale
- Shakespeare and the play of More
- The Elizabethan and the Jacobean Shakespeare
- Measure for measure
- Ruskin (and others) on Byron
- Philologists at University college, London : The beginning (1828-1889)
- Philologists at University college, London : Arthur Platt, A.E. Housman and W.P. Ker (1889-1922)
- Note : The three pages of Sir Thomas More and The merchant of Venice.
