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The idea of the Harvard Classics was presented in speeches by then President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University. [1] Several years prior to 1909, Eliot gave a speech in which he remarked that a three-foot shelf would be sufficient to hold enough books to give a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.
English Literature, 1500–1600: Arthur F. Kinney English Literature, 1650–1740: Steven N. Zwicker English Literature, 1740–1830: Thomas Keymer and Jon Mee English Literature, 1830–1914: Joanne Shattock English Novelists: Adrian Poole English Poetry, Donne to Marvell: Thomas N. Corns English Poets: Claude Rawson English Renaissance Drama
Below is a list of books about Oxford or written in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The city of Oxford has generated and inspired much literature. Many authors have lived in Oxford, especially associated with the University. It has also been a setting used in many books.
"Classic Books" reading lists are used at some universities [2] [3] and have been in modern vogue since at least the early part of the 20th century, with the additional impetus in 1909 of the Harvard Classics publishing imprimatur having individual works chosen by outgoing Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot.
The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature is an encyclopaedic bibliography of literature in English published by the Cambridge University Press. It was first published in the 1940s, and a revised edition was issued from 1969 with the prefix New. [1] A third series was launched in 1999, without the prefix, but by 2022 only volume 4 had ...
List of 18th-century British children's literature titles; List of 19th-century British children's literature titles; List of Australian crime-related books and media; List of anonymously published works; List of autobiographies; Lists of banned books; List of books written by children or teenagers; List of book titles taken from literature
Among the book series in the arts published by Cambridge University Press are: [4] Cambridge Film Classics; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
The English major (alternatively "English concentration") is a term in the United States and several other countries for an undergraduate university degree focused around reading, analyzing, and writing texts in the English language. The term also can be used to describe a student who is pursuing the degree.