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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... mean that he obeyed more slavishly than anybody else a set of arbitrary rules . No , it means something entirely different : it means that the system of versification of which the principle is regu- larity reached in Pope's hands the ...
... mean that he obeyed more slavishly than anybody else a set of arbitrary rules . No , it means something entirely different : it means that the system of versification of which the principle is regu- larity reached in Pope's hands the ...
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... means , primarily , something which suggests , by means of words , mysteries and infinitudes . Thus , music and imagi- nation seem to us the most essential qualities of poetry , be- cause they are the most potent means by which such sug ...
... means , primarily , something which suggests , by means of words , mysteries and infinitudes . Thus , music and imagi- nation seem to us the most essential qualities of poetry , be- cause they are the most potent means by which such sug ...
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... means - means towards her own enfranchisement , and that condition of things which made possible A Simple Story . That novel had been sketched as early as 1777 ; but it was not completely written until 1790 , and not published until the ...
... means - means towards her own enfranchisement , and that condition of things which made possible A Simple Story . That novel had been sketched as early as 1777 ; but it was not completely written until 1790 , and not published until the ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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