Memory - An Essay - Softcover

Phelps, William Lyon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473329302 ISBN 13: 9781473329300

Publisher: White Press, 2019

Synopsis

This early work by William Lyon Phelps was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Memory' is an essay about the curiosities of remembering and the varying abilities of memory possessed by certain individuals. William Lyon Phelps was born on 2nd January 1865, in New Haven, Conneticut, United States. Phelps earned a B.A. in 1887, writing his thesis on the Idealism of George Berkeley. He then gained an M.A. in 1891 from Yale and his PhD from Harvard in the same year. During his time a Yale, he offered a course in modern novels which brought the university considerable attention both nationally and internationally. Phelps published many essays on modern and European literature, including titles such as 'Essays on Modern Novelists' (1910), 'Some Makers of American Literature' (1923), and 'As I Like it' (1923).

Edition details

• Publisher: White Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473329302
• ISBN 13: 9781473329300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32