Ephemera Critica; Or, Plain Truths About Current Literature

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PREFACE

LIST OF CONTENTS

THE PRESENT FUNCTIONS OF CRITICISM

ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES I. LANGUAGE VERSUS LITERATURE AT OXFORD

ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES [9] II. TEXT BOOKS

ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES [10] III. TEXT BOOKS

OUR LITERARY GUIDES I. A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE [11]

OUR LITERARY GUIDES II. A SHORT HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE [19]

LOG-ROLLING AND EDUCATION

OUR LITERARY GUIDES III. BOOKS WORTH READING [20]

THE NEW CRITICISM [21]

THE GENTLE ART OF SELF-ADVERTISEMENT

R. L. STEVENSON'S LETTERS [22]

LITERARY ICONOCLASM [23]

WILLIAM DUNBAR [24]

A GALLOP THROUGH ENGLISH LITERATURE [25]

DE QUINCEY AND HIS FRIENDS [26]

LEE'S LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE [29]

SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS [30]

LANDSCAPE IN POETRY [31]

AN APPRECIATION OF PROFESSOR PALGRAVE

ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN LIFE [34]

THE PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM [37]

WOMEN IN GREEK POETRY [39]

MR. STEPHEN PHILLIPS' POEMS [43]

THE ILLUSTRIOUS OBSCURE [44]

VIRGIL IN ENGLISH HEXAMETERS [45]

THE LATEST EDITION OF THOMSON [46]

CATULLUS AND LESBIA. [47]

THE RELIGION OF SHAKESPEARE [49]

INDEX

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EPHEMERA CRITICA

OR PLAIN TRUTHS ABOUT
CURRENT LITERATURE


BY JOHN CHURTON
COLLINS




Non verebor nominare singulos, quo facilius, propositis exemplis,
appareat, quibus gradibus fracta sit et deminuta eloquentia.
—Dial. de Orat.


αινεων αινητα, μομφαν δι' επισπειρων αλιτροις.
—Pindar




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