Literary EssaysA companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey's finest critical essays, "Shakespeare's Final Period" and "English Letter Writers." Index. |
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... Lord Lytton . He discussed literature with the Brownings , he wrote state papers to Lord Salisbury , he specu- lated on life and death with Theodor Gomperz , he ex- changed epigrams with Lady Dorothy Nevill , he gossiped with Mr. John ...
... Lord Lytton . He discussed literature with the Brownings , he wrote state papers to Lord Salisbury , he specu- lated on life and death with Theodor Gomperz , he ex- changed epigrams with Lady Dorothy Nevill , he gossiped with Mr. John ...
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... Lord Lytton's poetical christening , a bad fairy gliding in among the rest . The good ones were lavish with their gifts of charm , and distinction , and imagination , and humour , and feeling ; and then , after them all , came the witch ...
... Lord Lytton's poetical christening , a bad fairy gliding in among the rest . The good ones were lavish with their gifts of charm , and distinction , and imagination , and humour , and feeling ; and then , after them all , came the witch ...
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... Lord , 281 Clarendon , 198 Claude , 72 Clive , Lord , 261 Cole , William , 260 , Coleridge , 38 , 70 , 97 , 98 , 204 , 211 , 286 , 288 , 289 Colles , Ramsay , 172 , 173 Collier , Jeremy , 53-56 Columbus , 210 Condillac , 161 Condorcet ...
... Lord , 281 Clarendon , 198 Claude , 72 Clive , Lord , 261 Cole , William , 260 , Coleridge , 38 , 70 , 97 , 98 , 204 , 211 , 286 , 288 , 289 Colles , Ramsay , 172 , 173 Collier , Jeremy , 53-56 Columbus , 210 Condillac , 161 Condorcet ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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