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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... turn out to be necessary attributes of “ any form of humor " and they join “ irony " as the respectable constituents of a de- fensive style that , even as you scarcely notice it , turns into a subtle and effec- tively offensive one ...
... turn out to be necessary attributes of “ any form of humor " and they join “ irony " as the respectable constituents of a de- fensive style that , even as you scarcely notice it , turns into a subtle and effec- tively offensive one ...
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... turn themselves into fair enough specimens of detestable persons if it were necessary in order to get across a message about England . The message was that English humor , as expressed through the beloved English grin , was no longer ...
... turn themselves into fair enough specimens of detestable persons if it were necessary in order to get across a message about England . The message was that English humor , as expressed through the beloved English grin , was no longer ...
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... turn for the worse . " Two stories from Look How the Fish Live , " Bill " and " Priestly Fellowship , " now turn up rewritten and expanded . They are episodes in Powers's ex- tremely funny and satisfying new novel , a long twenty - six ...
... turn for the worse . " Two stories from Look How the Fish Live , " Bill " and " Priestly Fellowship , " now turn up rewritten and expanded . They are episodes in Powers's ex- tremely funny and satisfying new novel , a long twenty - six ...
Contents
POETRY AND POETS | 1 |
A Witness Tree and Frosts Biography 20 | 20 |
Reading The Waste Land Today | 36 |
Copyright | |
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