Shelf Life: Literary Essays and ReviewsIn this collection of essays and reviews, William H. Pritchard focuses on the work of English and American writers, most of them from the 20th century. Prichard's aim is to reinstate the aesthetic as a major motive for literary study. |
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Page 183
... literature from philology as a legitimate subject of study was forcefully and scornfully made in the first part of a three - part essay titled " English Literature at the Universities " ( Ephemera Critica ) . Collins describes ...
... literature from philology as a legitimate subject of study was forcefully and scornfully made in the first part of a three - part essay titled " English Literature at the Universities " ( Ephemera Critica ) . Collins describes ...
Page 189
... Literature : A Plea for Its Recognition and Organization at the Universities . To take up the latter first : Collins argues that when literature has been recognized at all as a subject for teaching in the universities , it has been done ...
... Literature : A Plea for Its Recognition and Organization at the Universities . To take up the latter first : Collins argues that when literature has been recognized at all as a subject for teaching in the universities , it has been done ...
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... literature " for " national life , " Collins would qual- ify as one of these men ; at least , the peculiar intensity of his prose in this pas- sage , in conjunction with his self - born , self - created myth quoted earlier ( " My ...
... literature " for " national life , " Collins would qual- ify as one of these men ; at least , the peculiar intensity of his prose in this pas- sage , in conjunction with his self - born , self - created myth quoted earlier ( " My ...
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POETRY AND POETS | 1 |
A Witness Tree and Frosts Biography 20 | 20 |
Reading The Waste Land Today | 36 |
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