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Lectures on the Harvard Classics

Lectures on the Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot; William Allan Neilson. 60 sections, 18 hr 31 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

Details

Length
18 hr 31 min
Sections
60
Language
English
Level
College
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
lecturesharvardclassics_2403_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 01 - History: General Introduction, by Robert Matteson Johnston 41:14
  2. 02 - Ancient History by William Scott Ferguson 20:42
  3. 03 - The Renaissance, by Murray Anthony Potter 14:34
  4. 04 - The French Revolution, by Robert Matteson Johnston 12:23
  5. 05 - The Territorial Development of the United States, by Frederick Jackson Turner 15:55
  6. 06 - Poetry: General Introduction, by Carleton Noyes 41:48
  7. 07 - Homer and the Epic, by Charles Burton Gulick 11:00
  8. 08 - Dante, by Charles Hall Grandgent 11:04
  9. 09 - The Poems of John Milton, by Ernest Bernbaum 11:17
  10. 10 - The English Anthology, by Carleton Noyes 17:29
  11. 11 - Natural Science: General Introduction, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson 36:52
  12. 12 - Astronomy, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson 11:24
  13. 13 - Physics and Chemistry, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson 12:47
  14. 14 - The Biological Sciences, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson 12:35
  15. 15 - Kelvin on "Light" and "The Tides", by William Morris Davis 11:34
  16. 16 - Philosophy: General Introduction, by Ralph Barton Perry 46:26
  17. 17 - Socrates, Plato and the Roman Stoics, by Charles Pomeroy Parker 11:08
  18. 18 - The Rise of Modern Philosophy, by Ralph Barton Perry 11:56
  19. 19 - Introduction to Kant, by Ralph Barton Perry 11:40
  20. 20 - Emerson, by Chester Noyes Greenough 11:58
  21. 21 - Biography: General Introduction, by William Roscoe Thayer 38:09
  22. 22 - Plutarch, by William Scott Ferguson 10:18
  23. 23 - Benvenuto Cellini, by Chandler Rathfon Post 13:33
  24. 24 - Franklin and Woolman, by Chester Noyes Greenough 12:24
  25. 25 - John Stuart Mill, by Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague 11:39
  26. 26 - Prose Fiction: General Introduction, by William Allan Neilson 46:29
  27. 27 - Popular Prose Fiction, by Fred Norris Robinson 12:56
  28. 28 - Malory, by Gustavus Howard Maynadier 12:58
  29. 29 - Cervantes, by J. D. M. Ford 13:46
  30. 30 - Manzoni, by J. D. M. Ford 12:19
  31. 31 - Criticism and the Essay: General Introduction, by Bliss Perry 38:18
  32. 32 - What the Middle Ages Read, by William Allan Neilson 12:45
  33. 33 - Theories of Poetry, by Bliss Perry 17:53
  34. 34 - Æsthetic Criticism in Germany, by William Guild Howard 12:24
  35. 35 - The Composition of a Criticism, by Ernest Bernbaum 12:33
  36. 36 - Education: General Introduction, by Henry Wyman Holmes 48:13
  37. 37 - Francis Bacon, by Ernest Bernbaum 12:01
  38. 38 - Locke and Milton, by Henry Wyman Holmes 13:51
  39. 39 - Carlyle and Newman, by Frank W. C. Hersey 13:08
  40. 40 - Huxley on Science and Culture, by A. O. Norton 13:39
  41. 41 - Political Science: General Introduction, by Thomas Nixon Carver 40:29
  42. 42 - Theories of Government in the Renaissance, by Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague 10:47
  43. 43 - Adam Smith and the "Wealth of Nations", by Charles Jesse Bullock 13:48
  44. 44 - The Growth of the American Constitution, by William Bennett Munro 13:33
  45. 45 - Law and Liberty, by Roscoe Pound 11:07
  46. 46 - Drama: General Introduction, by George Pierce Baker 42:56
  47. 47 - Greek Tragedy, by Charles Burton Gulick 10:55
  48. 48 - The Elizabethan Drama, by William Allan Neilson 10:10
  49. 49 - The Faust Legend, by Kuno Francke 11:50
  50. 50 - The Modern English Drama, by Ernest Bernbaum 9:48
  51. 51 - Voyages and Travel: General Introduction, by Roland Burrage Dixon 44:02
  52. 52 - Herodotus on Egypt, by George H. Chase 11:53
  53. 53 - The Elizabethan Adventurers, by William Allan Neilson 11:30
  54. 54 - The Era of Discovery, by William Bennett Munro 10:19
  55. 55 - Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, by George Howard Parker 11:11
  56. 56 - Religion: General Introduction, by Ralph Barton Perry 41:53
  57. 57 - Buddhism, by Charles Rockwell Lanman 13:11
  58. 58 - Confucianism, by Alfred Dwight Sheffield 13:31
  59. 59 - Greek Religion, by Clifford Herschel Moore 11:52
  60. 60 - Pascal, by Charles Henry Conrad Wright 12:38