Old Saws and Modern Instances (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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By W. L. Courtney

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Feb 7, 2012
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294 pages
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BookAnnex
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9781411456112

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Illustrating modern questions with ancient examples, Courtney, a distinguished man of letters, considers in this 1918 collection, “Mr. Thomas Hardy and Æschylus,” “Aristophanes the Pacifist,” “Demosthenes and the Principles of Patriotism,” “Patriotism and Oratory,” “Sappho and Aspasia,” “A Philosophic Emperor,” “The Idea of Comedy,” “Realistic Drama,” and “‘Our Euripides, the Human.’”


W. L. Courtney

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William Leonard Courtney (1850-1928) was an English author, born at Poona, India, and educated at Oxford. Headmaster of Somersetshire College, Bath, and editor of the Fortnightly Review, his works include Studies on Philosophy (1882), Constructive Ethics (1886), Studies New and Old (1888), The Life of John Stuart Mill (1889), The Idea of Tragedy (1900), and The Development of Maeterlinck (1904).

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