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 115
... instance , his diction is the very echo of Racine's . There are the same pompous phrases , the same inversions , the same stereotyped list of similes , the same poor bedraggled company of words . It is amusing to note the exclamations ...
... instance , his diction is the very echo of Racine's . There are the same pompous phrases , the same inversions , the same stereotyped list of similes , the same poor bedraggled company of words . It is amusing to note the exclamations ...
Page 116
... instance , is an obvious reminiscence of the ' Qu'il mourût ! ' of le vieil Horace ; and the cloven hoof is shown clearly enough by the ' O ciel ! ' with which Alzire's confidante manages to fill out the rest of the line . Many of these ...
... instance , is an obvious reminiscence of the ' Qu'il mourût ! ' of le vieil Horace ; and the cloven hoof is shown clearly enough by the ' O ciel ! ' with which Alzire's confidante manages to fill out the rest of the line . Many of these ...
Page 217
... instance , that Tolstoy should scarcely show any signs of humour at all . And the reason for this is clear . Tolstoy is one of those writers who present their imaginary world to us with such calmness , with such exact- ness , with such ...
... instance , that Tolstoy should scarcely show any signs of humour at all . And the reason for this is clear . Tolstoy is one of those writers who present their imaginary world to us with such calmness , with such exact- ness , with such ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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