Collected Literary Essays

Collected Literary Essays
Author: A. W. Verrall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521238080

Arthur Woolgar Verrall (1851-1912) was a classicist, a lecturer, and the first Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge. In this collection, published posthumously in 1913, the subjects range from Dante's epic poetry to Sir Walter Scott's prose, demonstrating the breadth of Verrall's literary consciousness and interest.