From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his day with critiques of poets and and poetry, ranging from Pepys to Walter de la Mare. He even examines criticism itself. - Summary by Larry Wilson
DedicationMr. PepysJohn BunyanThomas CampionJohn Donne Part I from beginning through "Who is my mistress:"John Donne Part II from "One sort of readers" through "Anne Donne; Undone"John Donne Part III from "His married life" to endHorace Walpole Part I from beginning to "people in the room."Horace Walpole Part II from "It is generally assumed" through "fashionable trifler"Horace Walpole Part III from "Not that it is possible to represent him" to endWilliam Cowper Part I from beginning through "the creature he describes.”William Cowper Part II from "Cowper was not to be" through "both men.."William Cowper Part III from "If we love Cowper" to endA Note on Elizabethan PlaysThe Office of the PoetsEdward Young as CriticGray and CollinsAspects of Shelley: The Character Half-ComicAspects of Shelley: The ExperimentalistAspects of Shelley: The Poet of HopeThe Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as CriticThe Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as a TalkerTennyson: A Temporary CriticismThe Politics of Swift and Shakespeare: SwiftThe Politics of Swift and Shakespeare: ShakespeareThe Personality of MorrisGeorge Meredith: The EgoistGeorge Meredith: The Olympian UnbendsGeorge Meredith: The Anglo-Irish AspectOscar WildeTwo English Critics: Mr. SaintsburyTwo English Critics: Mr. GosseAn American Critic: Professor Irving BabbittGeorgians: Mr. de la MareGeorgians: The GroupGeorgians: The Young SatiristsLabour of AuthorshipThe Theory of PoetryThe Critic as DestroyerBook Reviewing Part I from beginning through "without ever being able to see it."Book Reviewing Part II from "One of the chief virtues of the anecdote" to the end
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