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Alexander M. Witherspoon (1894–1964)

Author of Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry

7+ Works 335 Members 2 Reviews

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Includes the names: Witherspoon Am, Alexand Witherspoon, editor a m witherspoon

Works by Alexander M. Witherspoon

Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry (1946) — Editor — 227 copies, 2 reviews

College Survey of English Literature (1951) 50 copies

Common Errors in English and How to Avoid Them (1973) 29 copies

The College Survey of English Literature Shorter Edition, Revised (1959) 26 copies

The Donizetti Society Journal no.7 (Donizetti and France) 1 copy

The influence of Robert Garnier on Elizabethan drama (1968) 1 copy

The College Survey Of English Literature - Revised, Shorter Edition 1 copy

Associated Works

The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) — Introduction, some editions — 20,305 copies, 195 reviews

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Legal name: Witherspoon, Alexander MacLaren
Birthdate: 1894
Date of death: 1964
Gender: male
Occupations: professor
editor
Organizations: Yale University (Professor)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Seventeenth-century prose and poetry by Alexander M. Witherspoon

All you new Puritan book banners out there really should read Milton's Areopagitica, which is included here.

Mar 29, 20091 other review

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Seventeenth-century prose and poetry / ed. by Robert P. Tristram Coffin [and] Alexander M. Witherspoon by Alexander M. Witherspoon

Ex-lib. Manhattanville Library

Mar 19, 20201 other review

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Works: 7
Also by: 1
Members: 335
Popularity: #71,018
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 6

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