CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, MANAGER LONDON: FETTER LANE, E.C. 4 NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, MADRAS: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. TORONTO: J. M. DENT AND SONS, LTD. TOKYO: THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA All rights reserved IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE by WILLIAM MACPHERSON, M.A. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS SEP 18 00 M241 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION HESE chapters are written primarily from a teacher's TH point of view. Their purpose is to describe and illustrate methods of study that follow naturally from the logical and psychological principles on which the teaching of English Literature should be based. The book is written with special reference to the requirements of pupils in Secondary and Continuation Schools; but since most of the principles and many of the methods described are capable of being applied, in their essence, to the teaching of English Literature at all stages it is hoped that the book will be of interest to teachers of every grade. No attempt has been made to deal with the study of English as a whole: principles and methods are described in their application only to the reading of authors. From an immediately practical standpoint, my chief aim has been to show how English Literature, as it appears in the work of the best writers, may be effectively studied and rightly appreciated. This is a theme of wide interest, and I trust that the book will prove helpful not only to teachers, but to readers generally who seek guidance in the study of English Literature. In this edition the number of pages contained in the first edition has been more than doubled, a large amount of new subject-matter having been added. Chapters VII to XI are new, and some emendations and additions Mc Clurg 576544 |