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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... never know quite which way he will jump , and sometimes you're not sure you've jumped with him in the right direction . What is the right direction , one asks ? In formulating his theory of poetry in 1913 in England , he insisted , to ...
... never know quite which way he will jump , and sometimes you're not sure you've jumped with him in the right direction . What is the right direction , one asks ? In formulating his theory of poetry in 1913 in England , he insisted , to ...
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... Never Again ... " between " The Most of It " and " The Subverted Flower , " " Frost once again revealed his deep commitment to married love as a precondition for discovering human ' embodiments ' in nature . " Poirier is eloquent about ...
... Never Again ... " between " The Most of It " and " The Subverted Flower , " " Frost once again revealed his deep commitment to married love as a precondition for discovering human ' embodiments ' in nature . " Poirier is eloquent about ...
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... never seen , A granted green . Summer , luxuriant Sahara , the orchard spray Gales in the Eden trees , the knight again Can cast away His burning mail , Rome is at Anzio : but the rain For the ping - pong's optative bop Will never stop ...
... never seen , A granted green . Summer , luxuriant Sahara , the orchard spray Gales in the Eden trees , the knight again Can cast away His burning mail , Rome is at Anzio : but the rain For the ping - pong's optative bop Will never stop ...
Contents
POETRY AND POETS | 1 |
A Witness Tree and Frosts Biography 20 | 20 |
Reading The Waste Land Today | 36 |
Copyright | |
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