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    The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins
    The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins
    The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins
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    The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins

    Written by John Churton Collins

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    John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingham University (United Kingdom). He writes about the lives of English and German authors beginning with William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and ending with Alfred, Lord Tennyson(1809-1892). He wrote the book in response to On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, by Thomas Carlyle (1840). His son, L.C. Collins, collected these essays from various sources after his father's death. (Summary by Craig Campbell)

    Additional proof-listening by Larry Wilson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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