Harry Morgan Ayres

Harry Morgan Ayres (October 6, 1881 – November 20, 1948) was a professor of English Literature at Columbia University an author, and editor. He edited The Reader's Dictionary of Authors including entries for Charles William Eliot, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, and George Moore and also contributed to the Library of the World's Best Literature.

The English Journal Volume 13 described The Modern students book of English literature he compiled and wrote with Frederick Morgan Padelford and William David Howe as: "A brave effort to give something of every trope - even letters and a taste of modern critical and biographical prose." The description adds that the selection of early English material is "more adequate" than is usual.

He defended General Dwight Eisenhower's appointment at Columbia pointing to the scholarly quality of his Guidhall speech in London.

He wrote an essay on Modern American Tendencies for The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes.

Bibliography

• The Reader's Dictionary of Authors (editor)
  • On Charles William Eliot entry
  • On Wilfrid Wilson Gibson entry
  • On George Moore entry
• The English Language in America, author
• America and the English Tradition, author
• Modern Essays, one of the author contributors writing the essay America and the English Tradition.
• The modern student's book of English literature by Harry Morgan Ayres and others published in 1924 by Scribners' sons
• Beowulf, a paraphrase by Harry Morgan Ayres, published in 1933
• Library of the World's Best Literature, contributing author
• A Tale of Palmyra Isle

References

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2. Sha'ir
3. Bermudian English
4. List of English translations of the Divine Comedy
5. 1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut
6. List of Gunsmoke cast members
7. Harry Lauter
8. 9 to 5 (TV series)
9. Dr. Kildare (TV series)
10. The Light in the Hall
11. Hotel (American TV series)
12. Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice
13. List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame
14. Laramie (TV series)
15. Jukebox Saturday Night
16. List of United States representatives from New York
17. Postman's Park
18. Vanderbilt family
19. Astor family
20. Grimdark