Views and Reviews: Essays in appreciation: Literature. William Ernest Henley

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066240844

      Table of Contents

       VIEWS AND REVIEWS

       PREFATORY

       DICKENS

       A ‘Frightful Minus’

       His Method.

       His Development.

       His Results.

       Ave atque Vale.

       THACKERAY

       His Worshippers.

       His Critics.

       Which is Right?

       His Style.

       His Mission.

       DISRAELI

       His Novels.

       A Contrast.

       His Backgrounds.

       His Men and Women.

       His Style.

       His Oratory.

       His Speeches as Literature.

       The Great Earl.

       ALEXANDRE DUMAS

       His Components.

       Himself.

       At Least.

       His Monument.

       GEORGE MEREDITH

       His Qualities.

       His Defects.

       Another Way.

       Rhoda Fleming.

       The Tragic Comedians.

       The Egoist.

       In Metre.

       The Fashion of Art.

       BYRON

       Byron and the World.

       Byron and Wordsworth.

       HUGO

       His Critics.

       Some Causes and Effects.

       Environment.

       Equipment and Achievement.

       His Diary.

       For and Against.

       What Lives of Him.

       HEINE

       The Villainy Translation.

       The Proof of It.

       MATTHEW ARNOLD

       His Verse.

       His Failure.

       His Triumphs.

       His Prose.