Project Gutenberg 2014-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 86 Clarke, James Freeman 1810 1888 Clarke, J. F. (James Freeman) 21019356 Nineteenth Century Questions 19th Century Questions Literary studies: Lyric and dramatic elements in literature and art. Dualism in national life. Did Shakespeare write Bacon's works? The evolution of a great poem: Gray's elegy -- Religious and philosophical: Affinities of Buddhism and Christianity. Why I am not a free-religionist. Have animals souls? Apropos of Tyndall. Law and design in nature -- Historical and biographical: The two Carlyles, or Carlyle past and present. Buckle and his theory of averages. Voltaire. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Harriet Martineau. The rise and fall of the slave power in America. Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Nineteenth Century Questions" by James Freeman Clarke is a collection of essays on various subjects that engage with the intellectual and cultural questions of the 19th century. Written during the late 19th century, the work reflects on literary elements, religious and philosophical inquiries, and historical analyses, highlighting the connections and contrasts between different ideas and culture. The collection covers topics ranging from the dualism in national life, literary studies, the affinities between Buddhism and Christianity, to the evolution of poetry, inviting readers to ponder significant issues of their time. The opening of the text begins with a discussion on the literary distinction between subjective and objective writing, framed through the concepts of "lyric" and "dramatic" elements in literature and art. Clarke analyzes how different authors exhibit these qualities in their works, citing examples from English literature, including Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. He illustrates how each writer's style—whether personal and reflective or more external and narrative-oriented—affects their storytelling and artistic expression. This exploration sets the foundation for a broader examination of literary and cultural themes that bridge the personal and the collective across various forms of expression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44628/44628-h/images/cover.jpg en Literature -- History and criticism Civilization, Modern -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 596410 596419 2024-09-18T17:11:23.417013 2023-09-19T12:35:57.015283 text/html text/html 602190 2014-01-08T14:05:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 325159 2014-01-08T14:07:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 351080 2024-09-18T17:11:31.762929 application/epub+zip 356594 2024-09-18T17:11:25.061976 application/epub+zip 292400 2024-09-18T17:11:24.238957 application/epub+zip 518881 2024-09-18T17:11:36.876908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467725 2024-09-18T17:11:30.827971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403811 2022-09-20T11:17:13.534236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532893 2024-09-18T17:11:22.485028 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 532643 2014-01-08T14:05:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 203857 2014-01-08T14:07:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 532647 2014-01-08T14:06:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 203731 2014-01-08T14:07:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 532666 2014-01-08T14:06:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203598 2014-01-08T14:07:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22735 2024-09-18T17:11:37.026899 application/rdf+xml 20182 2024-09-18T17:11:24.358966 image/jpeg 3078 2024-09-18T17:11:24.298978 image/jpeg 323869 2024-09-18T17:11:23.473002 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia