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 60
... least able either to dispel or even to understand . The object of this essay is , first , to face these diffi- culties , with the aid of Mr. Bailey's paper , which sums up in an able and interesting way the average English view of the ...
... least able either to dispel or even to understand . The object of this essay is , first , to face these diffi- culties , with the aid of Mr. Bailey's paper , which sums up in an able and interesting way the average English view of the ...
Page 243
... least emotional body of literature , however , might be expected to offer an exception to its general character in one of its branches , if in no other - that of familiar letter writing . A letter is only less private than a diary ...
... least emotional body of literature , however , might be expected to offer an exception to its general character in one of its branches , if in no other - that of familiar letter writing . A letter is only less private than a diary ...
Page 271
... least three hundred feet ; but those are not the things ; it is that to the right under which you stand to see the fall that forms the principal horror of the place . From its very base it begins to slope forward over you in a black and ...
... least three hundred feet ; but those are not the things ; it is that to the right under which you stand to see the fall that forms the principal horror of the place . From its very base it begins to slope forward over you in a black 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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