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... literature of France , as the imagination dominates the literature of England . Even French tragedies are epigrammatic , and in French prose the epigrammatic style is the link which unites minds of such diverse genius as La ...
... literature of France , as the imagination dominates the literature of England . Even French tragedies are epigrammatic , and in French prose the epigrammatic style is the link which unites minds of such diverse genius as La ...
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... 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 ; but the Victorian critic had a different ...
... 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 ; but the Victorian critic had a different ...
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... literature , when he asserts that , in order to decide upon the value of any piece of writing , what we must do is to ask ourselves whether or not it is a ' Criticism of Life ' - then , indeed , all conceal- ment is over ; the whole ...
... literature , when he asserts that , in order to decide upon the value of any piece of writing , what we must do is to ask ourselves whether or not it is a ' Criticism of Life ' - then , indeed , all conceal- ment is over ; the whole ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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