67:. The thesis, “The Round Table Before Wace” is still often quoted and argued among scholars and historians. As a graduate student at Harvard, Brown had stated that “he detested the elective system” in American education, which Harvard President Eliot had indoctrinated, and throughout his career he would maintain that a true liberal education could only be one that embraced “the 'noble' subjects, Latin and Greek, mathematics, and philosophy.”
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Arthurian legends and Celtic folklore. Brown's one great interest of his scholarly life was the effort to find the origin of the Arthurian romances, resulting in a voluminous outpouring of
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Catalogue of the Matriculates of Haverford College: Together with Lists of the Members of the College Faculty and the Managers, Officers and Recipients of Honorary Degrees, 1833-1900
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Christ on the Throne of Power and
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Traditions in Layamon's "Brut"." Modern Philology 1.1 (1903): 95-103.
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142:---. "The Grail and the English "Sir Perceval". (Continued)." Modern Philology 18.4 (1920): 201-28.
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138:---. "The Grail and the English "Sir Perceval". I." Modern Philology 16.11 (1919): 553-68.
122:---. "Gulliver's Travels and an Irish Folk-Tale." Modern Language Notes 19.2 (1904): 45-6.
146:---. "The Chairman's Address: What to do Next?" PMLA 36., Appendix (1921): lxxxvii-xcix.
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Dolorous Stroke." Modern Philology 7.2 (1909): 203-6.
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Episcopal upbringing, in 1883, Arthur attended and graduated
136:---. "The Newberry Library." The Journal of American Folklore 31.120 (1918): 274.
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132:---. "Review: The Spear of Longinus." Modern Language Notes 28.1 (1913): 21-6.
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130:---. "Review: ." The American Journal of Theology 16.3 (1912): 482-4.
172:---. "The Esplumoir and Viviane." Speculum 20.4 (1945): 426-32.
128:---. "Chrétien's "Yvain"." Modern Philology 9.1 (1911): 109-28.
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articles, books and reviews under variations of his name.
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126:---. "The Bleeding Lance." PMLA 25.1 (1910): 1-59.
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