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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... criticism was clearly unexceptionable , upon one condition- that the critic was quite certain what the canons of poetry were ; but the moment that it became obvious that the only way of arriving at a conclusion upon the subject was by ...
... criticism was clearly unexceptionable , upon one condition- that the critic was quite certain what the canons of poetry were ; but the moment that it became obvious that the only way of arriving at a conclusion upon the subject was by ...
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... criticism . If we look at its criticism of literature alone , was there ever a time when the critic's functions were more grievously and shamelessly mishandled ? When Dryden or Johnson wrote of literature , they wrote of it as an art ...
... criticism . If we look at its criticism of literature alone , was there ever a time when the critic's functions were more grievously and shamelessly mishandled ? When Dryden or Johnson wrote of literature , they wrote of it as an art ...
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... Criticism of Life ' — then , indeed , all conceal- ment is over ; the whole head of the animal is out . There is something pathetic about the eager persistence with which Matthew Arnold enunciates this doctrine . How pleased with ...
... Criticism of Life ' — then , indeed , all conceal- ment is over ; the whole head of the animal is out . There is something pathetic about the eager persistence with which Matthew Arnold enunciates this doctrine . How pleased with ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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