Heathcote William Garrod (1878–1960)
Author of Oxford Book of Latin Verse
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Works by Heathcote William Garrod
Jane Austen: A Depreciation 1 copy
The study of poetry 1 copy
Epigrams 1 copy
Poetical Works 1 copy
The study of good letters 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Garrod, Heathcote William
- Birthdate
- 1878
- Date of death
- 1960
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- Classical scholar
literary scholar
Professor of Poetry, Oxford University (1923-28) - Organizations
- Oxford University
Harvard University - Awards and honors
- Fellow of Merton College, Oxford University
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Professor Garrod, a learned and witty critic, has said that Jane Austen was incapable of writing a story, by which, he explains, he means a sequence of happenings, either romantic or uncommon. But that is not what Jane had a talent for, and not what she tried to do. She had too much sense, and too sprightly a humour, to be romantic, and she was interested not in the uncommon, but in the common. She made it uncommon by the keenness of her observation, her irony and her playful wit.… (more)