The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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Eleanore (Sister Mary) ? 1 1 1 1 1 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH CHAPTER INTRODUCTION Le style c'est.
Eleanore (Sister Mary) ? 1 1 1 1 1 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH CHAPTER INTRODUCTION Le style c'est.
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Eleanore (Sister Mary). THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Le style c'est l'homme.- BUFFON 1 DEFINITION The literary essay is as elusive and charmingly inde- finable as a spring day in the woods . The throaty note of ...
Eleanore (Sister Mary). THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Le style c'est l'homme.- BUFFON 1 DEFINITION The literary essay is as elusive and charmingly inde- finable as a spring day in the woods . The throaty note of ...
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... style . The essay is a fairy creature who can assume the rôle of philosopher , scientist , critic , confidential friend , gossip , court fool- of anyone who can write prose and who wishes to ex- press his opinion about something or ...
... style . The essay is a fairy creature who can assume the rôle of philosopher , scientist , critic , confidential friend , gossip , court fool- of anyone who can write prose and who wishes to ex- press his opinion about something or ...
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... style in writing , and we shall , with some qualifications , define style in Buffon's justly cele- brated phrase , as the writer himself We shall endeavor to trace out the development of the literary essay from its " irregular ...
... style in writing , and we shall , with some qualifications , define style in Buffon's justly cele- brated phrase , as the writer himself We shall endeavor to trace out the development of the literary essay from its " irregular ...
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... style's being him- self - is just as difficult as to see his soul when we look at his body . The invisible manner of writing is no less intimately and inseparably united to its matter than is the invisible soul to the body of the living ...
... style's being him- self - is just as difficult as to see his soul when we look at his body . The invisible manner of writing is no less intimately and inseparably united to its matter than is the invisible soul to the body of the living ...
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