The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... DEFINITION The literary essay is as elusive and charmingly inde- finable as a spring day in the woods . The throaty note of the homing bird , the brook laughing irresponsibly , the whimsical pathways which the walker seems to be ...
... DEFINITION The literary essay is as elusive and charmingly inde- finable as a spring day in the woods . The throaty note of the homing bird , the brook laughing irresponsibly , the whimsical pathways which the walker seems to be ...
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... defining the essay is to avoid both a definition so general as to include all prose writings not strictly to be classed as history or fiction and one so restricted as to embrace only one type of essay , the personal or familiar . The ...
... defining the essay is to avoid both a definition so general as to include all prose writings not strictly to be classed as history or fiction and one so restricted as to embrace only one type of essay , the personal or familiar . The ...
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Eleanore (Sister Mary). work of definition but also in that of clearing the ground for satisfactory classification of essays . Applied to any form of literature the term " literary " denotes artistic perfection according to kind ...
Eleanore (Sister Mary). work of definition but also in that of clearing the ground for satisfactory classification of essays . Applied to any form of literature the term " literary " denotes artistic perfection according to kind ...
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... definition in his dictionary : " a loose sally of the mind , an irregular , undigested piece , not a regular and orderly performance . " But this " un- digested piece " engaged literary genius vital enough to make the essay a part of ...
... definition in his dictionary : " a loose sally of the mind , an irregular , undigested piece , not a regular and orderly performance . " But this " un- digested piece " engaged literary genius vital enough to make the essay a part of ...
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... define style in Buffon's justly cele- brated phrase , as the writer himself We shall endeavor to trace out the ... definition of style we shall , perhaps , be ac- cused of inconsistency in urging that those who wish to form their ...
... define style in Buffon's justly cele- brated phrase , as the writer himself We shall endeavor to trace out the ... definition of style we shall , perhaps , be ac- cused of inconsistency in urging that those who wish to form their ...
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