Project Gutenberg 2004-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 301 Lynd, Robert 1879 1949 The Art of Letters Mr. Pepys -- John Bunyan -- Thomas Campion -- John Donne -- Horace Walpole -- William Cowper -- A note on Elizabethan plays -- The office of the poets -- Edward Young as critic -- Gray and Collins -- Aspects of Shelley -- The wisdom of Coleridge -- Tennyson: a temporary criticism -- The politics of Swift and Shakespeare -- The personality of Morris -- George Meredith -- Oscar Wilde -- Two English critics: Mr. Saintsbury. Mr. Gosse -- An American critic: Professor Irving Babbit -- Georgians -- Labour of authorship -- The theory of poetry -- The critic as destroyer -- Book reviewing. E-text prepared by Produced by Ted Garvin, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Art of Letters" by Robert Lynd is a critical collection focused on literary figures and their impact, written in the early 20th century. The work appears to examine writers from various periods, including Samuel Pepys, John Bunyan, and others, highlighting their unique contributions to literature as well as their personal lives and philosophies. Through Lynd's insightful analysis, readers gain a deeper understanding of not only the writers’ works but also the historical and cultural contexts in which they wrote. The opening of the book introduces the first chapter, which centers on Samuel Pepys, the famed 17th-century diarist. Lynd portrays Pepys as a complex character—part Puritan, part hedonist—who passionately chronicled both his mundane daily experiences and his more indulgent pursuits in a detailed diary. The narrative showcases Pepys's struggles with his faith, morality, and personal relationships, portraying him as a man caught between strict societal expectations and his desires. Throughout this exploration, Lynd effectively illustrates Pepys’s dual nature and the intricate interplay of his private and public personas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English literature -- History and criticism Criticism -- Great Britain PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 522261 2025-08-06T06:56:40.436981 text/html 508337 2024-10-28T20:45:06 text/html 263943 2025-08-06T06:56:47.871961 application/epub+zip 271803 2025-08-06T06:56:42.324977 application/epub+zip 271803 2025-08-06T06:56:41.143003 application/epub+zip 460991 2025-08-06T06:56:52.226948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433098 2025-08-06T06:56:47.177983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409704 2022-09-07T04:03:23.591371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487254 2025-08-06T06:56:39.696998 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 467440 2024-10-28T20:45:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16697 2025-08-06T06:56:52.353916 application/rdf+xml 10850 2025-08-06T06:56:41.680966 image/jpeg 3026 2025-08-06T06:56:41.394995 image/jpeg 254182 2025-08-06T06:56:40.477997 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia