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Nineteenth Century Questions

by James Freeman Clarke

Level C1 · AdvancedHistoricalPhilosophy18 chapters
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Explore the delicate balance between personal emotion and objective storytelling as profound questions of art and literature unfold, revealing how genius often emerges in contrasting pairs shaping our cultural heritage.

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Contents

18 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFATORY NOTE
03LYRIC AND DRAMATIC ELEMENTS IN LITERATURE AND ART
04DUALISM IN NATIONAL LIFE
05DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE BACON'S WORKS3
06THE EVOLUTION OF A GREAT POEM4
07AFFINITIES OF BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY5
08WHY I AM NOT A FREE-RELIGIONIST17
09HAVE ANIMALS SOULS18
10APROPOS OF TYNDALL21
11LAW AND DESIGN IN NATURE22
12THE TWO CARLYLES, OR CARLYLE PAST AND PRESENT24

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