The pleasures of literature / by John Cowper Powys
1946, Second Edition. London : Cassell. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands, panel edges and corners somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to page edges. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #469156
Physical description; vi, 670 p. ; 23 cm. Contents; The Bible as literature -- Homer's Odyssey -- Dostoievsky -- Rabelais -- Dickens -- Greek tragedy -- Saint Paul -- Dante -- Shakespeare -- Montaigne -- Wordsworth -- Milton -- Matthew Arnold -- Walt Whitman -- Cervantes -- Melville and Poe -- Nietzsche -- Goethe -- Hardy -- Proust. Subjects; Literature History and criticism. Books and reading Great Britain. Books and reading.
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