A Biographical History of English Literature, Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English Writers: With Four Hundred Exercises (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Morell, John Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330985958 ISBN 13: 9781330985953

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Biographical History of English Literature, Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English Writers: With Four Hundred Exercises This little book is a humble but serious attempt to give a practical answer to the question: Can English Literature be taught in schools? Many able teachers have answered the question for themselves in their own way; but there is a general complaint that the text-books in use are too large, attempt too much, and are written on the supposition that the books they discuss have been read by the young learners. This book is intended for beginners - as a first book. I have aimed chiefly at three things: - 1. To give a short life of the greatest writers. 2. To give a list of their best works. 3. To teach learners how to examine and appreciate the style of these writers. The information given is very rudimentary; but it is intended become less so, as the book goes on. Abstract terms and the phraseology of criticism have been very sparingly employed; I have all along kept in my eye learners of from fourteen to eighteen. The treatment of literature in Epochs and Schools will be the next step for the young student. It maybe objected that literature cannot be taught by mere extracts, and that the architectural proportions of great works are missed in this way. This is quite true; at the same time, as a first step in Literature, it may be as well to keep the young learner to the examination and comparison of the fabric and the fibre of each writer's style - the very words and phrases; and it is probable that larger views must come only with larger experience and wider reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1330985958
• ISBN 13: 9781330985953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 568