Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... called Char an abun- dant man ; and one can learn of this abundance by reading the poems . Another friend has told me that Char is a giant — a real physical giant ; and one could learn of that kind of abundance only by meeting him . Yet ...
... called Char an abun- dant man ; and one can learn of this abundance by reading the poems . Another friend has told me that Char is a giant — a real physical giant ; and one could learn of that kind of abundance only by meeting him . Yet ...
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... called , “ One Last Look At the Adige : Verona in the Rain , " and this poem is partly about the Ohio River and partly about the Adige River . I had never felt quite the same way about the Ohio River as I felt standing there in Verona ...
... called , “ One Last Look At the Adige : Verona in the Rain , " and this poem is partly about the Ohio River and partly about the Adige River . I had never felt quite the same way about the Ohio River as I felt standing there in Verona ...
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... called " The Morality of Poetry ” and another is called " The Idea of the Good . " Can you speak of the dif- ference between drawing a moral and the ideas implied in these titles ? Wright : I only used the phrase " the morality of ...
... called " The Morality of Poetry ” and another is called " The Idea of the Good . " Can you speak of the dif- ference between drawing a moral and the ideas implied in these titles ? Wright : I only used the phrase " the morality of ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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