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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... Reference is also made to David Craig , “ The Defeatism of The Waste Land , ” Crit- ical Quarterly ( Autumn 1960 ) , and to John Peter , " A New Interpretation of The Waste Land , " Essays in Criticism ( July 1952 ) . Essays by Richard ...
... Reference is also made to David Craig , “ The Defeatism of The Waste Land , ” Crit- ical Quarterly ( Autumn 1960 ) , and to John Peter , " A New Interpretation of The Waste Land , " Essays in Criticism ( July 1952 ) . Essays by Richard ...
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... reference to Johnson , we see this in the scrupulous footnotes to chapters acknowledging someone's contribution that Lipking makes use of or at least informs us of . These acknowledgments are invariably generous , and he is generous as ...
... reference to Johnson , we see this in the scrupulous footnotes to chapters acknowledging someone's contribution that Lipking makes use of or at least informs us of . These acknowledgments are invariably generous , and he is generous as ...
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... ; Perry Miller simply referred to it as " Remedial Read- ing " ; and I remember a joking reference to it as a course in " How to Talk about Literature without Actually Knowing Anything . " It was Amherst English : Reuben A. Brower 289.
... ; Perry Miller simply referred to it as " Remedial Read- ing " ; and I remember a joking reference to it as a course in " How to Talk about Literature without Actually Knowing Anything . " It was Amherst English : Reuben A. Brower 289.
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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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