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Page 34
... society at large , and exult in it . To most of us I think it is a fairly constant source of distress and depression ; something we would like to deny , but cannot , because hour by hour we have evidence that all the pressures of our ...
... society at large , and exult in it . To most of us I think it is a fairly constant source of distress and depression ; something we would like to deny , but cannot , because hour by hour we have evidence that all the pressures of our ...
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... society and its usages , but that it is addressed to society , or rather to some identifiable group within society . And this , which is plainly not true of Taylor's poetry , seems to be equally untrue of many American poets since ...
... society and its usages , but that it is addressed to society , or rather to some identifiable group within society . And this , which is plainly not true of Taylor's poetry , seems to be equally untrue of many American poets since ...
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... society as ' corrupt ' ( and was even so denounced at the time ) turns out to be the margin of humanity - of humane feelings and human relationships - that that society pro- vided for . Intercession on behalf of inferiors and dependents ...
... society as ' corrupt ' ( and was even so denounced at the time ) turns out to be the margin of humanity - of humane feelings and human relationships - that that society pro- vided for . Intercession on behalf of inferiors and dependents ...
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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