George Lyman Kittredge (1860–1941)
Author of Chaucer and His Poetry
About the Author
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Series
Works by George Lyman Kittredge
Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough’s Edition: Notes (English) (1896) — Editor — 28 copies
The old farmer and his almanack; being some observations on life and manners in New England a hundred years ago (1974) 23 copies
The Mother Tongue Book II ( Two 2 ) an Elementary English Grammar With Lessons in Composition (1900) 22 copies, 1 review
Virgil's Aeneid The First Six Books and the Completion of the Story and Ovid's Metamorphoses (1923) — Editor; Editor — 10 copies
Shakspere; an address, delivered on April 23, 1916, in Sanders theatre at the request of the president and fellows (2009) 7 copies
Associated Works
The Canterbury Tales [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.] (2005) — Contributor — 676 copies, 5 reviews
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (1882) — Biographical note, some editions — 145 copies
The Kittredge-Players Edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare (1958) — Editor, some editions — 43 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Kittredge, George Lyman
- Birthdate
- 1860-02-28
- Date of death
- 1941-07-23
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Harvard University
- Occupations
- professor
English professor
folklorist - Organizations
- Harvard University
- Awards and honors
- Bowdoin Prize (1881)
Bowdoin Prize (1882) - Relationships
- Child, Francis James (father-in-law)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Germany - Place of death
- Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Massachusetts, USA
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Reviews
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, show more Mound Valley School, Sept. 18, 1907"
Elmer is my grandfather. Oddly, September 18th is my birthday (although NOT 1907!!) show less
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, show more Mound Valley School, Sept. 18, 1907"
Elmer is my grandfather. Oddly, September 18th is my birthday (although NOT 1907!!) show less
Words and their ways in English speech, by James Bradstreet Greenough and George Lyman Kittridge. [With a new introd by by James Bradstreet Greenough
This is a fascinating lookt at linguistic oddities and how English is so irregular.
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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