On Literature (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from On Literature<br/><br/>It has been the aim of the present selection to bring together those lectures chiefly concerned with prose-literature, and to acquaint the reader with Hearnls theories of literary art in which the lecturer was one of the practised mas-bers'in modern English literature. The reader will find, the editor believes, that the lectures are like everything else Hearn wrote, beautiful.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.