Abstract

Lafcadio Hearn as Critic
February 24, 1916 issue

add to cart   close window

From 1896 to 1902 Lafcadio Hearn lectured on English literature in the University of Tokyo. He used no manuscript, but dictated slowly, and from the careful notes of a number of his pupils the present volumes have been edited by Professor John Erskine. The style is naturally not that to which one has grown accustomed in Hearn's written works; but the terse and clear sentences bear evidence of being a close transcript of the spoken language. Though here and there the critic slips on some trifle, yet the scholarship is more minute and the reading displayed is wider than might have been expected. One odd blunder is plainly due to the transcribers and should have been detected by the editor.

See Also:

HEARN, Lafcadio; ERSKINE, John; ENGLISH literature; CRITICS; EDITORS; LANGUAGE & languages
ARCHIVE HOME
Pricing
Articles are sold in 'packs,' which are priced as follows:

1 for 2.95
4 for 9.95
10 for 19.95
50 for 34.95
300 for 149.95
Refund Policy
Sales of archive individual articles, full issues or article packs are final and no refunds will be issued.
Access for libraries
help
Search
Browse
Sample Article

In Your Cart

Your cart is empty.

My Articles

You must be logged in to view your articles.

User name

Password

I don't have a login.

I forgot my user name/password.
Advertisement
Advertisement

Blogs

» The Beat

Sanders Won't Back Reform Bill That Lacks Public Option | “It is my intention to do everything I can to see that a strong bill is passed which provides universal coverage in a cost-effective way."
John Nichols
5 Comments
Posted at 8:53 ET

» Editor's Cut

Filibuster Follies | "The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body."
Katrina vanden Heuvel
100 Comments

» The Notion

Bad Black Mothers | For African American women, reproduction has never been an entirely private matter.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
95 Comments

» Act Now!

Coal Country | Stunning film reveals new dimensions to the cost of America's over-reliance on coal.
Peter Rothberg
115 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

A Kingdom of Bicycles No Longer | China's ambassador for climate change speaks on the eve of the Copenhagen summit meeting.
Robert Dreyfuss
59 Comments