Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... Dickens at Work ; and the remark is an offhanded way of praising Dickens for the freshness of his vision . But the reader must be wary of inferring that such an assumption of praise is a matter of universal agreement . For other critics ...
... Dickens at Work ; and the remark is an offhanded way of praising Dickens for the freshness of his vision . But the reader must be wary of inferring that such an assumption of praise is a matter of universal agreement . For other critics ...
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... Dickens ladled down my throat by schoolmasters in whom even at that age I could see a strong resemblance to Mr. Creakle . . . . Dickens seems to have suc- ceeded in attacking everybody and antagonizing nobody . ” Or- well immediately ...
... Dickens ladled down my throat by schoolmasters in whom even at that age I could see a strong resemblance to Mr. Creakle . . . . Dickens seems to have suc- ceeded in attacking everybody and antagonizing nobody . ” Or- well immediately ...
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... Dickens never succeeds in unifying the two . I believe that he does so unify them . The ostensible subject is Dickens ' horror at the violence of the Gordon rioters ; but the burning of Newgate prison , which those rioters perpetrate ...
... Dickens never succeeds in unifying the two . I believe that he does so unify them . The ostensible subject is Dickens ' horror at the violence of the Gordon rioters ; but the burning of Newgate prison , which those rioters perpetrate ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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