John M. Robertson
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In this 1897 collection the Victorian freethinker applies the tests of his earlier compilation of essays in a new way. Includes the essays "The Theory and Practice of Criticism," "Poe," "Coleridge," "Shelley and Poetry," "The Art of Keats," "The Art of Burns," "Stevenson on Burns," and "Clough."
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The influence of French essayist Montaigne (1533-1592) on Shakespeare's works-particularly on the language and ideas of Hamlet and King Lear-is the subject of this 1909 collection of scholarly essays. Includes "Parallel Passages," "Shakespeare and the Classics," "Shakespeare's Culture-Evolution," "The Originality of Shakespeare," and more.
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This 1893 collection of essays represents a Victorian freethinker's attempts to infuse literary criticism with modern, logical thinking on the level of science, law, philosophy, and medicine. Includes the long essay "Science in Criticism," as well as "Mr. Howell's Novels," "The Fable of the Bees," and "The Art of Tennyson."
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Taking its cue from a nineteenth century that felt detached from the poetry and drama of the eighteenth century, and riding the revival of interest in Elizabethan writing, this book presents in-depth essays on Shakespeare, Sidney, and Spenser, as well as their predecessors and successors. Includes notes on prose fiction and the later dramatists.
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Here I Am, God; Where Are You? Prayers and Promises for Hospital Patients was written during the author's years as a hospital chaplain. Many patients find themselves very alone facing uncertainty, fear, and pain. They have no words to describe what they are feeling. Isolation cries out for understanding and comfort, for hope and assurance. Using scripture passages alongside of poetic prayers the author enables a patient to walk through the typical...
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