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Seventeenth Century Studies Presented to Sir Herbert Grierson. Preface by John Dover Wilson. OXFORD : 1938. [ C.S. Lewis's contribution, 'The Love Poetry of John Donne'; A Note on Two Odes of Cowley, by T.S. Eliot. etc., ]
Published by Oxford University Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1938
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Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Frontispiece - Portrait (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD : 1938. A collection of 23 essays presented to Herbert Grierson of Edinburgh University on his retirement written by fellow scholars, touching on various literary themes of the seventeenth century, including works on King James, Milton, George Herbert and Locke. Contains C.S. Lewis's contribution, 'The Love Poetry of John Donne'. Hardback. Frontispiece plus 4pp plates. Preface by John Dover Wilson. Original dark-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. Bottom-edge untrimmed as issued. Ex college library with minimal markings. Later owner name and a couple of marginal notes. GOOD. (xv), 415 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. Referenced by: Gallup. T.S. Eliot B33. CONTENTS: Rekenschap, voor Sir Herbert Grierson, by P.C. Boutens. -- Bacon and the defence of learning, by Geoffrey Bullough. -- Bacon's part in the intellectual movement of his time, by Rudolf Metz. -- A French pre?cieux lyrist of the early seventeenth century: Pierre Motin, by T.B. Rudmose-Brown. -- King James the First of England as poet and poltical writer, by C.J. Sisson. -- Donne and love poetry in the seventeenth century, by C.S. Lewis. -- The love poetry of John Donne, a reply to Mr. C.S. Lewis, by Joan Bennett. -- Joost van den Vondel, by A.J. Barnouw. -- An apology for Mr. Hobbes, by A.E. Taylor. -- George Herbert, by F.E. Hutchinson. -- Caldero?n and the Spanish religious theatre of the seventeenth century, by J.B. Trend. -- A note on Milton's imagery and rhythm, by Laurence Binyon. -- Milton and Poussin, by Mario Praz. -- Milton and the English epic tradition, by E.M.W. Tillyard. -- A note on two odes of Cowley, by T.S. Eliot. -- Henry Vaughan and the theme of infancy, by L.C. Martin. Pascal in debate, by H.F. Stewart.--Corneille and Dryden as dramatic critics, by Pierre Legouis.--The limits of Locke's rationalism, by R.I. Aaron.--English architecture during the seventeenth century, by H.S. Goodhart-Rendel.--Leibniz and the fitness of things, by L.J. Russell.--Words and music: some obiter dicta, by D.F. Tovey.--Phalaris and Phalarism, by H.W. Garrod.--The turn of the century, by Basil Willey.--A list of Sir Herbert Grierson's publications, 1906-37 (p. [395]-403)--Index. 8vo. **HEAVY; extra postage needed outside the UK. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History.] We accept PayPal. SCARCE.
