background of English literature
Subtitle: classical and romantic, and other collected essays & addresses
By: by H. J. C. Grierson.
Edition: [2d ed.]
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Published: 1950
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: "All the essays here brought together have been printed in separate brochures."-Pref.
Table of contents: value: Preface.-The background of English literature.-Din Quixote: some war-time reflections on its character & influence.-Lord Byron: Arnold & Swinburne.-The metaphysical poets.-Byron and English siety.-Blake and Gray.-Classical and romantic: a point of view.