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... literature involves more than a mere assortment of words , more even than exercises in grammatical language . What , then , is literature ? We might here begin with John Morley's description of literature as consisting " of all the ...
... literature involves more than a mere assortment of words , more even than exercises in grammatical language . What , then , is literature ? We might here begin with John Morley's description of literature as consisting " of all the ...
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... literature in English is English literature still ; but , of course , there may be , and there doubtless are , local variations dic- tated by the ruling climate , —physical , linguistic , intellectual , tem- peramental and spiritual ...
... literature in English is English literature still ; but , of course , there may be , and there doubtless are , local variations dic- tated by the ruling climate , —physical , linguistic , intellectual , tem- peramental and spiritual ...
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K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Prema Nandakumar. in Animal Farm . But should politics seize literature body and soul , the less literature it - and the authentic man of letters would be obliged either to resort to a ' silence strike ' or to ...
K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Prema Nandakumar. in Animal Farm . But should politics seize literature body and soul , the less literature it - and the authentic man of letters would be obliged either to resort to a ' silence strike ' or to ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF LITERATURE AND THe | 3 |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 21 |
BACKGROUNDS CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN | 42 |
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