On the Study of Celtic Literature: and on Translating Homer
by Matthew Arnold
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New York: Macmillan, 1883. First American edition. hardcover cloth. Good. Arnold gave four lectures on Celtic Literature at Oxford in 1865-66, which formed the basis of his Study of Celtic Literature, first published in Cornhill Magazine It has been called "One of the most delightful of his books Even those who do know something of the Celtic tongues are among the first to recognize these lectures as a triumph of the intuitional method in their instinctive seizure of the things that really matter in Celtic literature, and in the picturesque diagnosis of the Celtic genius. The first English edition of Celtic Literature was published in 1867. On Translating Homer, originally published in January 1861, was a printed version of the series of public lectures given by Matthew Arnold as Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 3 November 1860 to 18 December 1860.
Some slight stains on marron cover and spine faded with a crack in the cloth. Pages appear to have been cut by hand. but bright and readable.
Some slight stains on marron cover and spine faded with a crack in the cloth. Pages appear to have been cut by hand. but bright and readable.
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On the Study of Celtic Literature Arnold was influenced by his Celtic studies and wrote four lectures titled “On the Study of Celtic Literature” that appeared first in Cornhill Magazine in 1866 and in book-form in 1867. Arnold's lectures argue that the Celts are an Indo-European race and not therefore ‘unassimilable’; postulated the unification of the British Isles as an English-speaking people; defined the Celtic spirit, and all the while denying its capacity for self-government.
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- On the Study of Celtic Literature
- Author
- Matthew Arnold
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- First American edition
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- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1883
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- Celtic Literature, mysths, Homer
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