Old and New Masters

by Robert Lynd

38 chapters8h 31mEnglish1919

About this book

Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: some well known, and some a bit more obscure to the average reader today. Robert Lynd (1879 – 1949) is best known as a literary essayist and Irish nationalist. He published many essays, all written in an easy, conversational style. Lynd was an essayist after the manner of Charles Lamb, and deserves to be better known. A complete list of his works is available at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_Lynd (summary by chocmuse)

Chapters (38)

101 - Ch.1: Dostoevsky the Sensationalist

924

202 - Ch.2: Jane Austen: Natural Historian

908

303 - Ch.3.i - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 1. The Heavenly Twins

924

404 - Ch.3.ii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc : The Copiousness of Mr. Belloc

504

505 - Ch.3.iii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 3. The Two Mr. Chestertons

847

606 - Ch.4.i - Wordsworth: 1. His Personality and Genius

1182

707 - Ch.4.ii - Wordsworth: 2. His Politics

973

808 - Ch.5.i - Keats: 1. The Biography

936

909 - Ch.5.ii - Keats: 2. The Matthew Arnold View

621

1010 - Ch.6.i - Henry James: 1. The Novelist of Grains and Scruples

480

1111 - Ch.6.ii - Henry James: 2. The Artist at Work

1041

1212 - Ch.6.iii - Henry James: 3. How He was Born Again

1065

1313 - Ch.7 - Browning - The Poet of Love

943

1414 - Ch.8 - The Fame of J.M. Synge

509

1515 - Ch.9 - Villon: The Genius of the Tavern

882

1616 - Ch.10 - Pope

778

1717 - Ch. 11 - James Elroy Flecker

547

1818 - Ch.12 - Turgenev

735

1919 - Ch.13 - The Madness of Strindberg

1042

2020 - Ch.14 - 'The Prince of French Poets'

963

2121 - Ch.15 - Rossetti and Ritual

603

2222 - Ch.16 - Mr Bernard Shaw

1005

2323 - Ch.17 - Mr Masefield's Secret

1153

2424 - Ch.18.i - Mr W.B. Yeats: 1. His Own Account of Himself

1011

2525 - Ch.18.ii - Mr W.B. Yeats: 2. His Poetry

813

2626 - Ch.19 - Tchehov: The Perfect Story-Teller

766

2727 - Ch.20 - Lady Gregory

657

2828 - Ch.21 - Mr Cunningham Graham

438

2929 - Ch.22.i - Swinburne: 1. The Exotic Bird

548

3030 - Ch.22.ii - Swinburne: 2. Genius without Eyes

832

3131 - Ch.23 - The Work of T.M. Kettle

735

3232 - Ch.24 - Mr J.C. Squire

768

3333 - Ch.25.i - R. Joseph Conrad: 1. The Making of an Author

645

3434 - Ch.25.ii - R. Joseph Conrad: 2. Tales of Mystery

847

3535 - Ch.26.i - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 1. The Good Story-Teller

347

3636 - Ch.26.ii - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 2. The Poet of Life with a Capital Hell

694

3737 - Ch.27.i - Mr Thomas Hardy: 1. His Genius as a Poet

925

3838 - Ch.27.ii - Mr Thomas Hardy: 2. A Poet in Winter

1100

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