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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... poet just prior to writing The Waste Land still seems to me important , and commentary over the past thirty years hasn't made enough of it . The appreciations of Richard Wilbur and James Merrill , both 1 POETRY AND POETS.
... poet just prior to writing The Waste Land still seems to me important , and commentary over the past thirty years hasn't made enough of it . The appreciations of Richard Wilbur and James Merrill , both 1 POETRY AND POETS.
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... poetic effects whose brilliance is not in the least a condition of the poet's moral insight into the society he looks at ? I believe that both Spender and A. L. French direct our attention to matters the poet was himself con- cerned ...
... poetic effects whose brilliance is not in the least a condition of the poet's moral insight into the society he looks at ? I believe that both Spender and A. L. French direct our attention to matters the poet was himself con- cerned ...
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... poet's residence . " A week later she sent Baird a paper in which she carefully described the house from the outside ... poet ? Where as you look at these objects do you see poetry ? How do you get from the doorway , a cer- tain style ...
... poet's residence . " A week later she sent Baird a paper in which she carefully described the house from the outside ... poet ? Where as you look at these objects do you see poetry ? How do you get from the doorway , a cer- tain style ...
Contents
POETRY AND POETS | 1 |
A Witness Tree and Frosts Biography 20 | 20 |
Reading The Waste Land Today | 36 |
Copyright | |
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