y separately published work icon Lectures on the Poets and Poetry of Great Britain; with an Introductory Lecture on Poetry in General. Delivered at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts selected work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1839... 1839 Lectures on the Poets and Poetry of Great Britain; with an Introductory Lecture on Poetry in General. Delivered at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
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* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:, 1839 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lecture 1, William a'Beckett , single work criticism
In his first lecture to the Mechanics' School of Arts in Sydney, William a'Beckett draws attention, in his opening words, to the lack of a class of people in the colony with 'a taste for the refined and the beautiful'. As a consequence, he declares, there is no periodical literature in New South Wales that supports and fosters the arts.
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