Literary Leaders of AmericaChautauqua Press, 1904 - 316 páginas |
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... character . Whatever the esthetic value of our native literature , it has always in its best examples performed this service . In writing a comprehensive history of American litera- ture , it is customary to begin with Captain John ...
... character . Whatever the esthetic value of our native literature , it has always in its best examples performed this service . In writing a comprehensive history of American litera- ture , it is customary to begin with Captain John ...
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... character . Really noble literature , on the contrary , exhibits , in com- bination , beauty of form and worthiness of content ; or , to modify a famous definition of Matthew Arnold's , litera- ture is the most beautiful way of saying ...
... character . Really noble literature , on the contrary , exhibits , in com- bination , beauty of form and worthiness of content ; or , to modify a famous definition of Matthew Arnold's , litera- ture is the most beautiful way of saying ...
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... . And how typically and finely American they are , too , in scene and character , in humor and pathos ! The fact that Rip has for a generation served in play form as an exponent of the art of the 22 Literary Leaders of America.
... . And how typically and finely American they are , too , in scene and character , in humor and pathos ! The fact that Rip has for a generation served in play form as an exponent of the art of the 22 Literary Leaders of America.
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... character - the essayist , instead of talk- ing so frankly about himself , talks about some imagined character who is , as likely as not , only his alter ego , behind which the real speaker hides . This , no doubt , is what Mr. Howells ...
... character - the essayist , instead of talk- ing so frankly about himself , talks about some imagined character who is , as likely as not , only his alter ego , behind which the real speaker hides . This , no doubt , is what Mr. Howells ...
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... character , for impression , atmosphere , and style than for story interest . There is hardly a story at all to this inimi- table picture ; we do not hear the stout gentleman speak ; we do not even see him ; his vanishing coat tails as ...
... character , for impression , atmosphere , and style than for story interest . There is hardly a story at all to this inimi- table picture ; we do not hear the stout gentleman speak ; we do not even see him ; his vanishing coat tails as ...
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Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature Richard Burton Visualização completa - 1904 |
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