Lectures and Essays

<p>Alfred Ainger's Lectures and Essays offers a fascinating exploration of English literature through insightful essays and personal letters. This collection includes Ainger's reflections on significant literary figures notably Charles Lamb as revealed in The Letters of Charles Lamb and How I Traced Charles Lamb in Hertfordshire.</p> <p>Further enriching the volume are essays such as Nether Stowey Coleridge's Ode to Wordsworth and The Death of Tennyson providing valuable perspectives on these iconic poets and their works. Ainger delves into the essence of literary appeal with essays like The Secret of Charm in Literature and examines historical connections in The Influence of Chaucer Upon His Successors. This collection provides a window into the literary landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>