Author:John Churton Collins

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John Churton Collins
(1848–1908)

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University extension teacher and advocate of the academic study of English literature.

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. C. C."

Works

Sir Joshua Reynolds as a Portrait Painter (1874)
The plays and poems of Cyril Tourneur (1878), in 2 vols. IA 1, IA 2
The poems of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1881) IA
Bolingbroke, a historical study; and Voltaire in England (1886) IA
Illustrations of Tennyson (1891) IA
The study of English literature; a plea for its recognition and organization at the universities (1891) IA
The Satires of Dryden (1893)
Essays and studies (1895) IA
Pope's Essay on criticism (1896)
A treasury of minor British poetry, selected and arranged with notes (1896) IA
The early poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1900) IA
Ephemera critica; or, Plain truths about current literature (1902) IA
Jonathan Swift; a biographical and critical study (1901) IA
In Memoriam, The Princess, and Maud by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1902)
Critical essays and literary fragments (1903) IA
Studies In Shakepeare (1904) IA
Studies In Poetry And Criticism (1905)
Plays and Poems of Robert Greene (1905)
Voltaire, Montesquieu, And Rousseau In England (1908) IA
Greek influence on English poetry (1910), ed. by Michael Macmillan IA
Posthumous Essays (1912) ed. by Laurence Churton Collins IA

Contributions to 'Quarterly Review'

"The Works of Jonathan Swift", Quarterly Review, (London) 153 (306): 377-430, April 1882.
"The Life of Jonathan Swift", Quarterly Review, (London) 156 (311): 1-57, July 1883.
"The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden.", Quarterly Review, (London) 146 (292): 289-330, October 1878.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke", Quarterly Review, (London) 149 (297): 1-46, January 1880.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke", Quarterly Review, (London) 151 (301): 67-99, January 1881.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke", Quarterly Review, (London) 151 (302): 316-351, April 1881.
"Shakspere's predecessors in the English drama", Quarterly Review, (London) 161 (322): 330-381, October 1885.
"From Shakespeare to Pope; an inquiry into the causes and phenomena of the rise of classical poetry in England", Quarterly Review, (London) 163 (326): 330-381, July 1886.
"The London University Calendar, 1886-7", Quarterly Review, (London) 164 (327): 33-66, January 1887.

Contributions to 'The Cornhill Magazine'

"Aulus Gellius and his Contemporaries", The Cornhill Magazine, (London) 37 (219): 316-326, March 1878.
"A New Study of Tennyson-Part 1", The Cornhill Magazine, (London) 41 (241): 36-50, January 1880.
"A New Study of Tennyson-Part 2", The Cornhill Magazine, (London) 42 (247): 17-35, July 1880.
"A New Study of Tennyson-Part 3", The Cornhill Magazine, (London) 44 (259): 87-106, July 1881.
"Voltaire in England-Part 1", The Cornhill Magazine, (London) 46 (274): 452-465, October 1882.
"Voltaire in England-Part 2", The Cornhill Magazine, (London) 46 (275): 677-690, November 1882.

Contributions to 'Nineteenth Century'

"Can English Literature be taught?", Nineteenth Century, (London) 22 (129): 642-658, November 1887.

Contributions to DNB

"Theobald, Lewis," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Works about Collins

Benham, A. (1909), "John Churton Collins—A Review", Modern Language Notes, 24 (7): 204-208, DOI 10.2307/2916556.
Life and memoirs of John Churton Collins (1912) by Lawrence Churton Collins
"Collins, John Churton," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Collins, John Churton," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Collins, John Churton," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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