The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... common with its sister art rhythm and harmony of phrasing . The artist , whether in prose or poetry , has but the material common to both out of which to fashion the child of his brain - thought for the soul and words for the body ...
... common with its sister art rhythm and harmony of phrasing . The artist , whether in prose or poetry , has but the material common to both out of which to fashion the child of his brain - thought for the soul and words for the body ...
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... common to all men , and yet there is a something else which makes it individual , just as all men's faces have features in common , and yet every face is individual . So , too , have literary styles many things in common and yet in ...
... common to all men , and yet there is a something else which makes it individual , just as all men's faces have features in common , and yet every face is individual . So , too , have literary styles many things in common and yet in ...
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... common crowd , the glory of self - revelation came into its own , and the subjective or strictly literary essay was born . The letter essay , the short - story essay , and finally— that very darling of them all — the familiar essay 14 ...
... common crowd , the glory of self - revelation came into its own , and the subjective or strictly literary essay was born . The letter essay , the short - story essay , and finally— that very darling of them all — the familiar essay 14 ...
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... common and magnificent subject matter , which gives them the charm of unity in disunity . Containing but little of the subjective or personal element , the aphoristic essay seems somewhat akin to the meditations of Marcus Aurelius ...
... common and magnificent subject matter , which gives them the charm of unity in disunity . Containing but little of the subjective or personal element , the aphoristic essay seems somewhat akin to the meditations of Marcus Aurelius ...
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... common man as a possible character in the play . However , the drama had in the meantime fallen into such disrepute because of its degenerating into a mere political organ and be- cause of Puritan disapproval that its force in ...
... common man as a possible character in the play . However , the drama had in the meantime fallen into such disrepute because of its degenerating into a mere political organ and be- cause of Puritan disapproval that its force in ...
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