Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... strange I felt when I discovered that Thomas Shadwell's poetry was not half bad . The power of critics and authors to react upon each other is difficult to assess . It is a subject which ought to be carefully studied , for it is ...
... strange I felt when I discovered that Thomas Shadwell's poetry was not half bad . The power of critics and authors to react upon each other is difficult to assess . It is a subject which ought to be carefully studied , for it is ...
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... strange insight into the tragic secrets of the human heart , that he desired his greatest triumph to be achieved . It seems to me that Dickens ' daughter , one of the most intelligent as well as one of the most audacious and indepen ...
... strange insight into the tragic secrets of the human heart , that he desired his greatest triumph to be achieved . It seems to me that Dickens ' daughter , one of the most intelligent as well as one of the most audacious and indepen ...
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... strange one for a poet . One may doubt if Hart Crane and Francois Villon in coop- eration would have thought of assuming simultaneously the powers of mayor , judge , and police chief in their respective home towns . 4 . Accounts of ...
... strange one for a poet . One may doubt if Hart Crane and Francois Villon in coop- eration would have thought of assuming simultaneously the powers of mayor , judge , and police chief in their respective home towns . 4 . Accounts of ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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