The Sense of Glory
Essays in Criticism

This 1929 book includes nine essays by Sir Herbert Read covering different authors and centered around the concept of 'glory'.

Herbert Read (Author)

9781107605886, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 January 2012

240 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.27 kg

Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968) was a highly influential English critic and poet. Originally published in 1929, this volume gathers together nine of Read's essays, with each one covering a different author. The essays, all of which made their first appearance in The Times Literary Supplement, are centred around the concept of 'glory' and its manifestation in works of a particularly transcendent nature. Written in an engaging style, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in literature and literary criticism.

1. Froissart
2. Malory
3. Descartes
4. Swift
5. Vauvenargues
6. Sterne
7. Hawthorne
8. Bagehot
9. Henry James.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]