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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... reader get the poem , the line , the special posture " right " ? Or is it conceivable that he might also , even primarily , be interested in contriving , in his own voice , a posture so special as to confuse the reader — to leave him in ...
... reader get the poem , the line , the special posture " right " ? Or is it conceivable that he might also , even primarily , be interested in contriving , in his own voice , a posture so special as to confuse the reader — to leave him in ...
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... reader.2 In what Garis terms Dickens's " theatrical " art , the reader is happy to watch the artist - showman at his performance , and does not expect to receive complex insights into characters who have to be “ taken seriously " as we ...
... reader.2 In what Garis terms Dickens's " theatrical " art , the reader is happy to watch the artist - showman at his performance , and does not expect to receive complex insights into characters who have to be “ taken seriously " as we ...
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... reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices , after all the refinements of subtlety and the dogma- tism of learning , must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours . " Lip- king describes ...
... reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices , after all the refinements of subtlety and the dogma- tism of learning , must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours . " Lip- king describes ...
Contents
POETRY AND POETS | 1 |
A Witness Tree and Frosts Biography 20 | 20 |
Reading The Waste Land Today | 36 |
Copyright | |
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