The Quest for Literature: A Survey of Literary Criticism and the Theories of the Literary FormsR.R. Smith, Incorporated, 1931 - 540 pages |
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... turn will play their part ; Analysis , and rule , And every modern tool , With critic scratch and scribble , And nice , invidious nibble , Contending for the important choice : A vast expenditure of human voice . The two dramatists ...
... turn will play their part ; Analysis , and rule , And every modern tool , With critic scratch and scribble , And nice , invidious nibble , Contending for the important choice : A vast expenditure of human voice . The two dramatists ...
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... turn spins on its axis to his own twirling : he knows it for a toy , and he discards it . Thereafter he is ready for ... turning from the classics to the paper- bound volumes " teacher " destroys at sight ; and the extension of the ...
... turn spins on its axis to his own twirling : he knows it for a toy , and he discards it . Thereafter he is ready for ... turning from the classics to the paper- bound volumes " teacher " destroys at sight ; and the extension of the ...
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... turn to the Bible to hide the exhaustion of their intellect " . This remark leaves undetermined , of course , the ques- tion as to where he does turn - but that would be a digression from the present points , that the writings of the ...
... turn to the Bible to hide the exhaustion of their intellect " . This remark leaves undetermined , of course , the ques- tion as to where he does turn - but that would be a digression from the present points , that the writings of the ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CRITIC | 8 |
CRITICISM AND BOOKREVIEW | 15 |
Copyright | |
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