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... allusiveness . Such superficial allusiveness is comparatively easy to track down , since it reveals itself in specific chapter and verse ; but to pursue a truism is an endless and unprofitable task . Where the power of allusion is ...
... allusiveness . Such superficial allusiveness is comparatively easy to track down , since it reveals itself in specific chapter and verse ; but to pursue a truism is an endless and unprofitable task . Where the power of allusion is ...
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... allusiveness of the several lines , and it was said with this question in view . For if an Arnoldean touchstone possesses immense general allusiveness , if it is , as was said , radically allusive ; if the state of mind which it reveals ...
... allusiveness of the several lines , and it was said with this question in view . For if an Arnoldean touchstone possesses immense general allusiveness , if it is , as was said , radically allusive ; if the state of mind which it reveals ...
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... allusiveness was slight ; but that in Arnold's poetry its state of mind was accurately and repeatedly reflected . We noted further , that the general allusiveness of the third touchstone- the words of Achilles to Priam - was immense ...
... allusiveness was slight ; but that in Arnold's poetry its state of mind was accurately and repeatedly reflected . We noted further , that the general allusiveness of the third touchstone- the words of Achilles to Priam - was immense ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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