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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... poetry , was pronounced to be shallow , pompous , monotonous , meretricious , and not a poet at all . Now that we ... poetry , he is a classic of our prose . He was without an ' adequate poetic criticism of life ' ; his criticism of life ...
... poetry , was pronounced to be shallow , pompous , monotonous , meretricious , and not a poet at all . Now that we ... poetry , he is a classic of our prose . He was without an ' adequate poetic criticism of life ' ; his criticism of life ...
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... poetry . It is not the nature of poetry to be what anyone expects ; on the contrary , it is its nature to be surprising , to be disturbing , to be impossible . Poetry and high seriousness ! Of course , to Dr. Arnold's son , they seemed ...
... poetry . It is not the nature of poetry to be what anyone expects ; on the contrary , it is its nature to be surprising , to be disturbing , to be impossible . Poetry and high seriousness ! Of course , to Dr. Arnold's son , they seemed ...
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... poets , it would probably be true to say that , so far as inspiration is concerned , Blake is to the average poet , as the average poet is to the man in the street . All poetry , to be poetry at all , must have the power of making one ...
... poets , it would probably be true to say that , so far as inspiration is concerned , Blake is to the average poet , as the average poet is to the man in the street . All poetry , to be poetry at all , must have the power of making one ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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