Literary Leaders of AmericaChautauqua Press, 1904 - 316 páginas |
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... pieces , has here and there a haunt- ing quality like that of Poe's , and could only have been pro- duced by a man of genius for imaginative metrical expres- sion . In a word , Freneau is the sole American poet who before the nineteenth ...
... pieces , has here and there a haunt- ing quality like that of Poe's , and could only have been pro- duced by a man of genius for imaginative metrical expres- sion . In a word , Freneau is the sole American poet who before the nineteenth ...
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... pieces of fiction in which his social or political views were allowed to injure the pure story interest , to dull the creative quality of his work . We mean such stories as Homeward Bound " and " Home as Found , " to mention but two ...
... pieces of fiction in which his social or political views were allowed to injure the pure story interest , to dull the creative quality of his work . We mean such stories as Homeward Bound " and " Home as Found , " to mention but two ...
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... pieces upon which his claim to greatness is securely founded number less than twenty , — one of the most remarkable examples in all literary history of the value of quality , and reminding us that a bad epic is worth very much less than ...
... pieces upon which his claim to greatness is securely founded number less than twenty , — one of the most remarkable examples in all literary history of the value of quality , and reminding us that a bad epic is worth very much less than ...
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... pieces in which woman is hymned naturally leads to some reference to Poe's relations with the sex , a puzzling and complex aspect of his stormy life . Here again , common sense , and a desire not to extend facts to fit a theory , may ...
... pieces in which woman is hymned naturally leads to some reference to Poe's relations with the sex , a puzzling and complex aspect of his stormy life . Here again , common sense , and a desire not to extend facts to fit a theory , may ...
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... pieces , a re - reading of the choicest here mentioned , will let the reader , as nothing else will , into the heart of the mystery , the abiding - place of the charm . A thorough familiarity with the eight or ten pieces quoted will ...
... pieces , a re - reading of the choicest here mentioned , will let the reader , as nothing else will , into the heart of the mystery , the abiding - place of the charm . A thorough familiarity with the eight or ten pieces quoted will ...
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Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature Richard Burton Visualização completa - 1904 |
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