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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Page 144
... able to write good verses . That belief , made finally im- possible by Mr. Swinburne's elaborate Essay , is now , happily , nothing more than a curiosity of literary history ; and indeed signs are not wanting that the whirligig of Time ...
... able to write good verses . That belief , made finally im- possible by Mr. Swinburne's elaborate Essay , is now , happily , nothing more than a curiosity of literary history ; and indeed signs are not wanting that the whirligig of Time ...
Page 159
... able , by simply using the symbol ' nuit , ' to suggest the ' milieu ' at once to the reader's imagination . Everybody knows all about the night's accessories ' ses odeurs , ses voix , ses voluptés molles ' ; and what a relief it is to ...
... able , by simply using the symbol ' nuit , ' to suggest the ' milieu ' at once to the reader's imagination . Everybody knows all about the night's accessories ' ses odeurs , ses voix , ses voluptés molles ' ; and what a relief it is to ...
Page 248
... able degree from those of his contemporaries . In every sense of the term , he is the least artificial of writers . His prose style has been aptly compared to a sheet of plate - glass through which every object appears in the form and ...
... able degree from those of his contemporaries . In every sense of the term , he is the least artificial of writers . His prose style has been aptly compared to a sheet of plate - glass through which every object appears in the form and ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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