The Legacy series of essay collections was produced by Oxford University Press, from the early 1920s. It was aimed at Workers' Educational Association and university extension courses, and was an initiative of John Johnson.[1]
The more recent Appraisal volumes move away from general surveys, to include articles with a focus on the history of relevant literary topics.[2]
| Title | Year | Editor | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Legacy of Greece | 1921 | Richard Winn Livingstone | Followed by The Pageant of Greece and The Mission of Greece, both also edited by Livingstone. |
| The Legacy of Rome | 1923 | Cyril Bailey[3] | |
| The Legacy of the Middle Ages | 1926 | Charles George Crump Ernest Fraser Jacob |
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| The Legacy of Israel | 1927 | Edwyn Bevan Charles Joseph Singer[4] |
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| The Legacy of Islam | 1931 | Thomas Walker Arnold Alfred Guillaume |
2nd edition 1974, edited by Joseph Schacht and Clifford Edmund Bosworth |
| The Legacy of India | 1942 | Geoffrey Theodore Garratt | Authors: Hugh George Rawlinson, Frederick William Thomas |
| The Legacy of Egypt | 1942 | Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville | 2nd edition 1972, edited by J. R. Harris |
| The Legacy of Persia | 1953 | Arthur John Arberry | |
| The Legacy of China | 1964 | Raymond Dawson | |
| The Legacy of Greece: A New Appraisal | 1981 | Moses Finley | |
| The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal[5] | 1983 | Richard Jenkyns | |
| The Legacy of Mesopotamia | 1998 | Stephanie Dalley |
Notes
edit- ^ Peter H. Sutcliffe (1978). The Oxford University Press: An Informal History. Clarendon Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-19-951084-9.
- ^ Lorna Hardwick (15 May 2003). Reception Studies. Cambridge University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-19-852865-4.
- ^ Griffin, Jasper. "Bailey, Cyril". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30522. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ McConnell, Anita. "Singer, Charles Joseph". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36110. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Richard Jenkyns (1992). The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821917-0.