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H.M. Margoliouth and Questions about Modernizing Traherne
H.M. Margoliouth, a prominent 20th century literary scholar and editor, raised important questions about whether or not Traherne’s text should be modernized, and, if so, how. Margoliuoth was no stranger to these questions. Thirty-one years before Margoliouth’s edition of Traherne’s … Continue reading
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C.S. Lewis and His Dobell Edition of Traherne’s Centuries
In my last entry, I wrote about Bertram Dobell’s role in the first-ever publication of Traherne’s Centuries in 1908. If one had happened to read Traherne’s Centuries between 1908 and 1958, it was probably from Dobell’s edition. There is one story … Continue reading
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Reading Traherne’s Centuries with Bertram Dobell
Bertram Dobell was born 200 years after Thomas Traherne, but Traherne’s greatest literary contribution would not have made its way into the hands of the general public except through Dobell. Dobell’s life is a classic Victorian story that exemplifies the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertram Dobell, Centuries of Meditations, Gilbert Highet, Thomas Traherne
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Surprised by Traherne 