Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... able to create clearly and powerfully from within his own imagination . Whitman says of the great poet , [ " He swears to his art , I will not be meddlesome , I will not have in my writings any ele- gance , or effect , or originality ...
... able to create clearly and powerfully from within his own imagination . Whitman says of the great poet , [ " He swears to his art , I will not be meddlesome , I will not have in my writings any ele- gance , or effect , or originality ...
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... able to make the entire English judicial system and bar appear idiotic by the simple hilarious expedient of describing them ( in Pickwick ) according to their noses and whiskers and leaving out all other details , so he is able to ...
... able to make the entire English judicial system and bar appear idiotic by the simple hilarious expedient of describing them ( in Pickwick ) according to their noses and whiskers and leaving out all other details , so he is able to ...
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... able to say , who has to be ? We should be able to listen to people's music for its own sake . Shall I say a poem of his ? This is a poem I love : There's nothing like the sun , as the year dies , Kind as it can be , this world being ...
... able to say , who has to be ? We should be able to listen to people's music for its own sake . Shall I say a poem of his ? This is a poem I love : There's nothing like the sun , as the year dies , Kind as it can be , this world being ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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