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... or similar helpful suggestions ; simply ' This won't do . ' That is not an unfair summary of the majority of the criticisms and reviews that we read " of new books in our daily newspapers . Yet how 53 The Snares of Criticism.
... or similar helpful suggestions ; simply ' This won't do . ' That is not an unfair summary of the majority of the criticisms and reviews that we read " of new books in our daily newspapers . Yet how 53 The Snares of Criticism.
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... critic ? I have often thought that the best way to be rid of this idle and helpless form of criticism would be to pass a law that all Art criticism in newspapers should be signed . The author and the public would then know how much ...
... critic ? I have often thought that the best way to be rid of this idle and helpless form of criticism would be to pass a law that all Art criticism in newspapers should be signed . The author and the public would then know how much ...
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... critics of the day were against all of them . And if criticism is to be progressive towards an ideal future , the critic must be a keen student of the teaching of the past . He will learn liberality from Chaucer and the Canterbury ...
... critics of the day were against all of them . And if criticism is to be progressive towards an ideal future , the critic must be a keen student of the teaching of the past . He will learn liberality from Chaucer and the Canterbury ...
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Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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