Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... sure that every disgruntled reader will have favorites of his own , whose omission he resents . The omissions which I have in mind , however , are those on which I think a good many serious readers would agree ; the poems of James ...
... sure that every disgruntled reader will have favorites of his own , whose omission he resents . The omissions which I have in mind , however , are those on which I think a good many serious readers would agree ; the poems of James ...
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... sure , but not to me . There are authors in this world who work with great facility . May I offer them my respectful envy . I myself am one of those people who , granted the choice between writing the opening sentence and being hanged ...
... sure , but not to me . There are authors in this world who work with great facility . May I offer them my respectful envy . I myself am one of those people who , granted the choice between writing the opening sentence and being hanged ...
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... sure that the others didn't know either . But several of us said , “ Oh , yeah , sure , we know . " He scared me a little . For all I knew , Infidel might have been one of those strange diseases like that one they used to call infantile ...
... sure that the others didn't know either . But several of us said , “ Oh , yeah , sure , we know . " He scared me a little . For all I knew , Infidel might have been one of those strange diseases like that one they used to call infantile ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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