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Arlo Bates
Talks on the Study of Literature [EPUB ebook]

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American-born critic Arlo Bates started his career as a journalist and editor, but later turned his efforts to analyzing and championing English literature, which led to him becoming a professor of English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This collection brings together a series of enlightening lectures that Bates presented about literature during his tenure. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the ethos behind literary studies at the dawn of the twentieth century.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9781776532193 ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2930357 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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