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Title: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Release Date: December 13, 2004 [EBook #14338]
Language: English
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BOOKS AND HABITS
from the lectures of LAFCADIO HEARN
Selected and Edited with an Introduction by JOHN ERSKINE
Professor of English Columbia University
1922
London: William Heinemann
[Transcriber's note: Contents moved to precede the Introduction.]
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION I THE INSUPERABLE DIFFICULTY II ON LOVE IN ENGLISH POETRY III THE IDEAL WOMAN IN ENGLISH POETRY IV NOTE UPON THE SHORTEST FORMS OF ENGLISH POETRY V SOME FOREIGN POEMS ON JAPANESE SUBJECTS VI THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE VII THE "HAVAMAL" VIII BEYOND MAN IX THE NEW ETHICS X SOME POEMS ABOUT INSECTS XI SOME FRENCH POEMS ABOUT INSECTS XII NOTE ON THE INFLUENCE OF FINNISH POETRY IN ENGLISH LITERATURE XIII THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE OF THE MIDDLE AGES XIV "IONICA" XV OLD GREEK FRAGMENTS INDEX
INTRODUCTION
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