Prefaces and Prologues to Famous BooksCharles William Eliot
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books
Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Bacon, Calvin, Caxton, Condell, Copernicus, Dryden, Fielding, Goethe, Heminge, Hugo, Johnson, Knox, Newton, Raleigh, Spenser, Taine, Whitman and Wordsworth. Eliot wrote in his preface to these prefaces, "No part of a book is so intimate as the Preface. Here, after the long labor of the work is over, the author descends from his platform, and speaks with his reader as man to man, disclosing his hopes and fears, seeking sympathy for his difficulties, offering defence or defiance, according to his temper, against the criticisms which he anticipates." (Summary by DSayers)
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39 capítulos
21 h 28 min
- 1 Introductory Notes7:48
- 2 Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 140:22
- 3 Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 235:19
- 4 Dedication of The Institutes of the Christian Religion51:42
- 5 General Syllabus10:20
- 6 Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies15:50
- 7 Preface to the History of the Reformation in Scotland6:04
- 8 Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh on The Faerie Queene15:24
- 9 Preface to The History of the World, Part 142:52
- 10 Preface to The History of the World, Part 245:55
- 11 Preface to The History of the World, Part 329:23
- 12 Preface to The History of the World, Part 424:53
- 13 Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 136:16
- 14 Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 233:28
- 15 Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 314:26
- 16 Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Plays6:03
- 17 Preface to The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica8:38
- 18 Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 143:18
- 19 Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 242:16
- 20 Preface to Joseph Andrews20:19
- 21 Preface to the English Dictionary36:10
- 22 To the Earl of Chesterfield49:52
- 23 Preface to Shakespeare, Part 150:30
- 24 Preface to Shakespeare, Part 251:56
- 25 Preface to Shakespeare, Part 330:58
- 26 Introduction to The Propylaen46:54
- 27 Prefaces to Poems, Part 138:03
- 28 Prefaces to Poems, Part 240:43
- 29 Prefaces to Poems, Part 335:04
- 30 Prefaces to Poems, Part 435:42
- 31 Prefaces to Poems, Part 533:01
- 32 Preface to Cromwell, Part 146:57
- 33 Preface to Cromwell, Part 245:20
- 34 Preface to Cromwell, Part 338:00
- 35 Preface to Cromwell, Part 436:55
- 36 Preface to Leaves of Grass, Part 142:04
- 37 Preface to Leaves of Grass, Part 234:53
- 38 Introduction to The History of English Literature, Part 129:12
- 39 Introduction to The History of English Literature, Part 236:00
