Continuum, Volume 3AMS Press, 1991 - French literature |
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Page 37
... reader , such as the paragraph divisions , which often yield little to logical analysis , even though they never seem inept or without some function , however obscure at first glance . In fact , such puzzles are likely to intrigue us ...
... reader , such as the paragraph divisions , which often yield little to logical analysis , even though they never seem inept or without some function , however obscure at first glance . In fact , such puzzles are likely to intrigue us ...
Page 94
... reader to lose sight of " the subject we are now upon " , yet the primary impulse seems to be that of story- telling . The opening has the kind of directness we might expect in conversation . By the end of the essay , the reader feels ...
... reader to lose sight of " the subject we are now upon " , yet the primary impulse seems to be that of story- telling . The opening has the kind of directness we might expect in conversation . By the end of the essay , the reader feels ...
Page 98
... readers seems less pedagogical than Addison's tends to be . But he is , of course , like all essayists , very aware of the relations between writer and reader . The first number sets the tone : " Lecteur , je ne veux point vous tromper ...
... readers seems less pedagogical than Addison's tends to be . But he is , of course , like all essayists , very aware of the relations between writer and reader . The first number sets the tone : " Lecteur , je ne veux point vous tromper ...
Contents
JOHN PORTER HOUSTON | 25 |
PHYLLIS K LEFFLER AND ELIZABETH M TILTON | 57 |
ROGER DUCHENE | 75 |
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