Download or read book Collected Literary Essays written by A. W. Verrall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Woolgar Verrall (1851-1912) was a classicist, a lecturer, and the first Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge. In this collection, published posthumously in 1913, the subjects range from Dante's epic poetry to Sir Walter Scott's prose, demonstrating the breadth of Verrall's literary consciousness and interest.