Lectures On The British Poets

These lectures were delivered in 1841 by Henry Hope Reed, who taught English literature and rhetoric at the University of Pennslyvania, his alma mater. He also worked with William Wordsworth helping prepare his works for publication. This book was assembled by his brother, William Bradford Reed after Henry died at sea when the ship he was traveling on from Europe sank.

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Excerpt from Lectures on the British Poets, Vol. 1 of 2 British Poets, which was delivered by Mr. Reed in 1841. These lectures are printed from the author's manuscript, with no other alteration than the omission of passages which he had used in his second course. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.