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Shorey, Paul; Hill, David Jayne; Perry, Bliss; Sherman, Stuart; American Academy of Arts and Letters : Four Addresses in Commemoration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1926

Original publisher's light brown paper-covered boards backed with dark blue cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Black lettering on front cover. Top edge gilt. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4." 188 pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and minuscule bumping to corners of fore-edge. Covers are very clean and intact except for slightly bumped and worn corners and slight wear to head and tail of spine. Binding is tight. A Very Good copy. "Academy Publication No. 54." A collection of lectures that constituted the Academy's ninth lecture series. This book contains four addresses that were given on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The lectures were originally given on November 20 and 26 and December 5 and 11, 1924. The lectures, reprinted herein, are titled as follows: "The Relations of American Literature and American Scholarship in Retrospect and Prospect" by Paul Shorey, "The Literature of Early American Statesmanship" by David Jayne Hill, "Kinship and Detachment from Europe in American Literature" by Bliss Perry, and "The Emotional Discovery of America" by Stuart Sherman. The lectures were originally accompanied by an exhibition of books, manuscripts, and other memorabilia thematically relating to the first one hundred years of American literature.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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