1927-1934 Collected Essays, Papers &c. of Robert Bridges

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Twenty volumes bound in eight, of a thirty volume set. Lacking volumes twenty-one to thirty. First editions. Very scarce to find a set of this size. The collected essays and papers of Robert Seymour Bridges, a British poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. Trained as a doctor, he achieved literary fame only late in life, with his poems reflecting a deep Christian faith. He was also the author of many well-known hymns. This collection contains: Volume I - The Influence of the Audience on Shakespeare's Drama, 1927. Second impression. Volumes II and III - Humdrum & Harum-Scarum: A Lecture on Free Verse & Poetic Diction, 1928. First impression. Volume IV - A Critical Introduction to Keats, 1929. First impression. Volume V - George Darley, 1930. First impression. Volumes VI and VII - The Poems of Mary Coleridge & Lord De Tabley's Poems, 1931. First impression. Volumes VIII, IX, and X - Dante in English Literature, The Poems of Emily Bronte, & Dryden on Milton, 1932. First impression. Volumes XI, XII, XIII, XIV, and XV - Studies in Poetry, Springs of Helicon, Wordsworth on Kipling, Word-Books, & Letter on English Prosody and Note on Neo-Miltonics, 1933. First impression. Volumes XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, and XX - The Bible, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Sir Thomas Browne, George Santayana, & The Glamour of Grammar, 1934. First impression.