""Inaugural Address," Mount Allison Wesleyan College, 1888"

Publication Details

Item Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
University of Toronto Quarterly
Volume
64
Issue
3
Pages
449-461
Publication Date
1995
NB Imprint
No
Language(s)
English
ISBN/ISSN
00420247
Description

Prints W. M. Tweedie's 1888 inaugural address at Mount Allison Wesleyan College in New Brunswick (now Mount Allison University) after his appointment as professor of English language and literature. Tweedie discusses the difficulties of teaching English literature, the importance of studying literature in the context of historical periods, as well as learning earlier versions of the English language from which the literature has grown, and the importance of this curriculum as a way "to train the mind and to further the culture.

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