Letters on Literature
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Letters on Literature is a book by Andrew Lang. The dedication opens "Dear Mr. Way, After so many letters to people who never existed, may I venture a short one, to a person very real to me". The contents list runs, among others, through "On Virgil Aucassin and Nicolette Plotinus (A.D. 200-262) Lucretius".
The text describes noting "a certain peevish egotism of tone in the heroes of “Locksley Hall,” of “Maud,” of “Lady Clara Vere de Vere.”" as "an easier if not more grateful task". The text asks "Why such a man as Plotinus, with such ideas, remained a pagan, while Christianity offered him a sympathetic refuge, who can tell?" The text says "The other Red Indian books, especially the cheap ones, don’t tell you that very often the Indians are more than half-starved."
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- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Pages
- 74
- Language
- English
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- Literature
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