Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... reader's attention , but also Hardy's feeling about those details . The physical description is clear enough , and does not require comment . But look at the word " humbly , " in the passage on the toad . And the phrase " for reasons of ...
... reader's attention , but also Hardy's feeling about those details . The physical description is clear enough , and does not require comment . But look at the word " humbly , " in the passage on the toad . And the phrase " for reasons of ...
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... reader is there , criticism ought to illuminate the work . To achieve these ends , a critic is justified in doing anything . I mean anything : except build a theory so large and involved that both reader and critic forget the origi- nal ...
... reader is there , criticism ought to illuminate the work . To achieve these ends , a critic is justified in doing anything . I mean anything : except build a theory so large and involved that both reader and critic forget the origi- nal ...
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... reader and the true character of the poet . But the true character of a poet is just what Mr. Ignatow exposes to us through his work . No doubt his poems have their autobiographical origins ; and no reader can intelligently deny their ...
... reader and the true character of the poet . But the true character of a poet is just what Mr. Ignatow exposes to us through his work . No doubt his poems have their autobiographical origins ; and no reader can intelligently deny their ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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