Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 97 Birrell, Augustine 1850 1933 Obiter Dicta Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Carlyle -- On the alleged obscurity of Mr. Browning's poetry -- Truth-hunting -- Actors -- A rogue's memoirs -- The via media -- Falstaff. Text file produced by Robert Shimmin, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Obiter Dicta" by Augustine Birrell is a collection of essays written during the late 19th century. The work explores various literary and philosophical themes, offering critiques and insights on notable figures, particularly focusing on the life and writings of Thomas Carlyle, among others. Through these essays, Birrell provides an intriguing examination of the interplay between literature, criticism, and the human experience. The opening portion of "Obiter Dicta" sets the stage for Birrell's reflections by introducing the concept of an "obiter dictum," a legal term that signifies an incidental remark not binding to law. Birrell uses this as a metaphor to illustrate his own commentary on literature and culture. He begins by addressing Thomas Carlyle, discussing his reputation as a prolific writer and critic. Birrell highlights the complexities of Carlyle's character and literary output, critiquing the notion that Carlyle was merely eccentric. Instead, he frames Carlyle as a significant literary figure whose work merits serious consideration and analysis, thus establishing the tone for the essays that will follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Literature English literature -- History and criticism Historiography PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 247462 247463 2024-10-03T12:54:30.107952 2023-10-04T03:46:08.218890 text/html text/html 247062 2013-05-10T14:21:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 92467 2013-05-10T14:22:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161594 2024-10-03T12:54:35.769883 application/epub+zip 164157 2024-10-03T12:54:32.074931 application/epub+zip 164157 2024-10-03T12:54:30.842927 application/epub+zip 276157 2024-10-03T12:54:38.606900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263969 2024-10-03T12:54:35.032926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233313 2022-09-04T05:26:05.809994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218070 217883 2024-10-03T12:54:29.500937 2023-10-04T03:46:07.907876 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 217852 2013-05-10T14:22:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88617 2013-05-10T14:22:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 217844 2013-05-10T14:22:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88582 2013-05-10T14:22:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21785 2024-10-03T12:54:38.753872 application/rdf+xml 11362 2024-10-03T12:54:31.393909 image/jpeg 3138 2024-10-03T12:54:31.116906 image/jpeg 155879 2024-10-03T12:54:30.130932 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