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title: 'The Study of English Literature: Its Scope and Method - An Address Before the Alumni of Brown University, June 15, 1886'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James Ormsbee Murray'
date: 1886-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Literature'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 1'
- 'Psalms 119'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/murray-1886-the-study-of-english-literature-its-scope-and-method-an-address-before-the-alumni-of-brown-university-june-15-1886
---

# The Study of English Literature: Its Scope and Method - An Address Before the Alumni of Brown University, June 15, 1886

An 1886 alumni address arguing that English literature must be studied historically and comparatively, seen as part of a nation's life and informed by other literatures. Delivered to Brown alumni by J.O. Murray.

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