Mill's Essays On Literature and Society Author:John Stuart Mill The essays John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) devoted to the problems of personal sensibility and human well-being in an age of expanding technology. This is 12 of Mill's writings on literature and the social sciences. Selections include The Spirit Of The AGe, On Genius, What Is Poetry, The Two Kinds Of Poetry, Tennyson's Poems, Civilization, Carlyle'... more »s French Revolution, Writings of De Vigny, Bentham and Coleridge, and Mill's 1867 address to the Uniersity of St. Andrews. The editor has provided notes and a bibliography. Edited by J.B. Schneewind.« less