Old and New Masters
by Robert Lynd
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About This Book
Old and New Masters was written by Robert Lund in 1919. Each sketch gives insight into the genus of the author and gives the reader a glimpse into the workings of the author's mind. Lynd has written sketches on Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, G.K. Chesterton, Wordsworth, Keats, Henry James, Drowning, J.M. Synge, Villon, Pope, James Flecker, Turgenev, Strindberg, Rossetti, Shaw, Masefield, Yeats, Tchehov, Lady Gregory, Cunninghame Graham, Swinburne, T.M. Kettle, J.C. Squire, Conrad, Kipling, and Hardy.
Chapters (52)
- OLD AND NEW MASTERS
- First Published 1919
- TO SYLVIA LYND
- CONTENTS
- OLD AND NEW MASTERS
- I DOSTOEVSKY THE SENSATIONALIST
- II JANE AUSTEN: NATURAL HISTORIAN
- III MR. G.K. CHESTERTON AND MR. HILAIRE BELLOC
- 1. The Heavenly Twins
- 2. The Copiousness of Mr. Belloc
- 3. The Two Mr. Chestertons
- IV. WORDSWORTH
- 1. His Personality and Genius
- 2. His Politics
- V. KEATS
- 1. The Biography
- 2. The Matthew Arnold View
- VI HENRY JAMES
- 1. The Novelist of Grains and Scruples
- 2. The Artist at Work.
- 3. How He was Born Again
- VII BROWNING: THE POET OF LOVE
- VIII THE FAME OF J.M. SYNGE
- IX VILLON: THE GENIUS OF THE TAVERN
- X POPE
- XI JAMES ELROY FLECKER
- XII TURGENEV
- XIII THE MADNESS OF STRINDBERG
- XIV "THE PRINCE OF FRENCH POETS"
- XV ROSSETTI AND RITUAL
- XVI MR. BERNARD SHAW
- XVII MR. MASEFIELD'S SECRET
- XVIII MR. W.B. YEATS
- 1. His Own Account of Himself
- 2. His Poetry
- XIX TCHEHOV: THE PERFECT STORY-TELLER
- XX LADY GREGORY
- XXI MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM
- XXII SWINBURNE
- 1. The Exotic Bird
- 2. Genius without Eyes
- XXIII THE WORK OF T.M. KETTLE
- XXIV MR. J.C. SQUIRE
- XXV R. JOSEPH CONRAD
- 1. The Making of an Author
- 2. Tales of Mystery
- XXVI MR. RUDYARD KIPLING
- 1. The Good Story-teller
- 2. The Poet of Life with a Capital Hell
- XXVII MR. THOMAS HARDY
- 1. His Genius as a Poet
- 2. A Poet in Winter
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