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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - Ch.1: Dostoevsky the Sensationalist
15:24 - Chapter 2
02 - Ch.2: Jane Austen: Natural Historian
15:08 - Chapter 3
03 - Ch.3.i - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 1. The Heavenly Twins
15:24 - Chapter 4
04 - Ch.3.ii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc : The Copiousness of Mr. Belloc
08:24 - Chapter 5
05 - Ch.3.iii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 3. The Two Mr. Chestertons
14:07 - Chapter 6
06 - Ch.4.i - Wordsworth: 1. His Personality and Genius
19:42 - Chapter 7
07 - Ch.4.ii - Wordsworth: 2. His Politics
16:13 - Chapter 8
08 - Ch.5.i - Keats: 1. The Biography
15:36 - Chapter 9
09 - Ch.5.ii - Keats: 2. The Matthew Arnold View
10:21 - Chapter 10
10 - Ch.6.i - Henry James: 1. The Novelist of Grains and Scruples
08:00 - Chapter 11
11 - Ch.6.ii - Henry James: 2. The Artist at Work
17:21 - Chapter 12
12 - Ch.6.iii - Henry James: 3. How He was Born Again
17:45 - Chapter 13
13 - Ch.7 - Browning - The Poet of Love
15:43 - Chapter 14
14 - Ch.8 - The Fame of J.M. Synge
08:29 - Chapter 15
15 - Ch.9 - Villon: The Genius of the Tavern
14:42 - Chapter 16
16 - Ch.10 - Pope
12:58 - Chapter 17
17 - Ch. 11 - James Elroy Flecker
09:07 - Chapter 18
18 - Ch.12 - Turgenev
12:15 - Chapter 19
19 - Ch.13 - The Madness of Strindberg
17:22 - Chapter 20
20 - Ch.14 - 'The Prince of French Poets'
16:03 - Chapter 21
21 - Ch.15 - Rossetti and Ritual
10:03 - Chapter 22
22 - Ch.16 - Mr Bernard Shaw
16:45 - Chapter 23
23 - Ch.17 - Mr Masefield's Secret
19:13 - Chapter 24
24 - Ch.18.i - Mr W.B. Yeats: 1. His Own Account of Himself
16:51 - Chapter 25
25 - Ch.18.ii - Mr W.B. Yeats: 2. His Poetry
13:33 - Chapter 26
26 - Ch.19 - Tchehov: The Perfect Story-Teller
12:46 - Chapter 27
27 - Ch.20 - Lady Gregory
10:57 - Chapter 28
28 - Ch.21 - Mr Cunningham Graham
07:18 - Chapter 29
29 - Ch.22.i - Swinburne: 1. The Exotic Bird
09:08 - Chapter 30
30 - Ch.22.ii - Swinburne: 2. Genius without Eyes
13:52 - Chapter 31
31 - Ch.23 - The Work of T.M. Kettle
12:15 - Chapter 32
32 - Ch.24 - Mr J.C. Squire
12:48 - Chapter 33
33 - Ch.25.i - R. Joseph Conrad: 1. The Making of an Author
10:45 - Chapter 34
34 - Ch.25.ii - R. Joseph Conrad: 2. Tales of Mystery
14:07 - Chapter 35
35 - Ch.26.i - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 1. The Good Story-Teller
05:47 - Chapter 36
36 - Ch.26.ii - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 2. The Poet of Life with a Capital Hell
11:34 - Chapter 37
37 - Ch.27.i - Mr Thomas Hardy: 1. His Genius as a Poet
15:25 - Chapter 38
38 - Ch.27.ii - Mr Thomas Hardy: 2. A Poet in Winter
18:20