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The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins

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John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingham University (United Kingdom). He writes about the lives of English and German authors beginning with William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and ending with Alfred, Lord Tennyson(1809-1892). He wrote the book in response to On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, by Thomas Carlyle (1840). His son, L.C. Collins, collected these essays from various sources after his father's death. (Summary by Craig Campbell)

Additional proof-listening by Larry Wilson (9 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Preface

3:20

Read by Craig Campbell

Shakespearean Theatres part 1

23:20

Read by Larry Wilson

Shakespearean Theatres part 2

22:13

Read by Larry Wilson

Samuel Johnson part 1

24:31

Read by Craig Campbell

Samuel Johnson part 2

26:30

Read by Craig Campbell

Edmund Burke

36:38

Read by Craig Campbell

William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft Part 1

27:11

Read by Craig Campbell

William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft Part 2

34:01

Read by Craig Campbell

Wordsworth as a Teacher Part 1

30:14

Read by Craig Campbell

Wordsworth as a Teacher Part 2

23:41

Read by Craig Campbell

Emerson

1:02:49

Read by Lucretia B.

Emerson's Writings

47:09

Read by Lucretia B.

Matthew Arnold Part 1

28:21

Read by Craig Campbell

Matthew Arnold Part 2

26:39

Read by Craig Campbell

Browning and Butler

36:27

Read by Craig Campbell

Browning and Montaigne

27:20

Read by Craig Campbell

Browning and Lessing

29:32

Read by Craig Campbell

Tennyson

18:22

Read by Denise Nordell

Curiosities of Popular Proverbs Part 1

21:07

Read by Availle

Curiosities of Popular Proverbs Part 2

26:24

Read by Availle