Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... passion upon unravelling the mystery with which he is faced . A detective - autocrat , his ironic tragedy comes when ... passionate nature ; but his intellectual equipment must be exactly the reverse of that of Edipus he must be simple ...
... passion upon unravelling the mystery with which he is faced . A detective - autocrat , his ironic tragedy comes when ... passionate nature ; but his intellectual equipment must be exactly the reverse of that of Edipus he must be simple ...
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... passion , have an intensity of directness unknown in actual life . In such moments , the phrases that leap to their lips quiver and glow with the compressed significance of character and situation ; the ' Qui te l'a dit ? ' of Hermione ...
... passion , have an intensity of directness unknown in actual life . In such moments , the phrases that leap to their lips quiver and glow with the compressed significance of character and situation ; the ' Qui te l'a dit ? ' of Hermione ...
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... passion , and the pangs of love are recorded in the language of Euclid . The image of the surgeon inevitably suggests itself - the hand with the iron nerve and the swift knife laying bare the trembling mysteries within . It is the ...
... passion , and the pangs of love are recorded in the language of Euclid . The image of the surgeon inevitably suggests itself - the hand with the iron nerve and the swift knife laying bare the trembling mysteries within . It is the ...
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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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