“I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry.” PassionLiteratureGivenFictionStudyImagineStudentsExtraordinaryImagine ThatEnglish LiteratureLove Passion Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.” NextLiteratureLanguageRaceWrittenInfluenceExaggerationEnglish LiteratureSpoken Language Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.” ReasonWould BeLiteratureStudyRelationIncompleteEnglish LiteratureGeneral EducationGeneral Knowledge Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
