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George Lyman Kittredge (1860–1941)

Auteur van Chaucer and His Poetry

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Werken van George Lyman Kittredge

Chaucer and His Poetry (1915) 61 exemplaren
Witchcraft in Old and New England (1929) 40 exemplaren
Virgil and Other Latin Poets (1923) — Redacteur — 36 exemplaren
An Advanced English Grammar (1913) 28 exemplaren
The Mother Tongue Book 1 (1902) 14 exemplaren
Shakspere : an address (2009) 4 exemplaren
Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses — Redacteur — 4 exemplaren
Macbeth (1984) 3 exemplaren
Notes on witchcraft (2009) 2 exemplaren
New light on Romeo and Juliet, (1942) 1 exemplaar
The mother tongue (2011) 1 exemplaar

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Fascinating study of English grammar as it was taught at the turn of the last century. Much more comprehensive than nowadays, I assure you. The title says "Elementary" but this is intended for high school students.

I was struck by the obsolete phrases; ie in the section on subjunctive verbs, one of the example sentences is "I had as lief do it as not. Also, many examples in the same section (subjunctive) are from quite sophisticated literature and poetry sources.

Inscribed: "Elmer Louis Spray, Mound Valley School, Sept. 18, 1907"

Elmer is my grandfather. Oddly, September 18th is my birthday (although NOT 1907!!)
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