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It is again American ( I need not point the moral ) : W.K. Wimsatt's study of the prose style of Dr Johnson , Philosophic Words , published in 1948 . This is a brilliant and momentous piece of scholarship .
It is again American ( I need not point the moral ) : W.K. Wimsatt's study of the prose style of Dr Johnson , Philosophic Words , published in 1948 . This is a brilliant and momentous piece of scholarship .
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In this matter Johnson was more Wordsworthian than Cowper , and Cowper took him to task for it . The occasion was Johnson's ' Life of Prior ' , a poet whom Cowper much admired : His reputation as an author , who , with much labour ...
In this matter Johnson was more Wordsworthian than Cowper , and Cowper took him to task for it . The occasion was Johnson's ' Life of Prior ' , a poet whom Cowper much admired : His reputation as an author , who , with much labour ...
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For instance , in Mr Cappon's admirable edition of the JeffersonAdams Letters there are two entries in the index under ' Johnson , Samuel , lexicographer ' . One of them sends us to Adams declaring in 1815 , “ Johnson and Burke were ...
For instance , in Mr Cappon's admirable edition of the JeffersonAdams Letters there are two entries in the index under ' Johnson , Samuel , lexicographer ' . One of them sends us to Adams declaring in 1815 , “ Johnson and Burke were ...
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Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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