The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 101
... Review . Though the great bulk of it is journalistic , or is raw material for the historian , there still remains an appreciable part which belongs to the domain of letters . There are few things in literature more astonishing than ...
... Review . Though the great bulk of it is journalistic , or is raw material for the historian , there still remains an appreciable part which belongs to the domain of letters . There are few things in literature more astonishing than ...
Page 102
... Review was a year old this section became a monthly supplement . Later still it was separated from the main portion and distinguished by the title of The Little Review . Thus , in the Review , the element of news ousts gossip and moral ...
... Review was a year old this section became a monthly supplement . Later still it was separated from the main portion and distinguished by the title of The Little Review . Thus , in the Review , the element of news ousts gossip and moral ...
Page 197
... Review to the fact that before its appearance the common reviews had become " extremely mawkish , " and " gave a dawdling , mauldin sort of applause to everything that reached even mediocrity . ' They were also , he says , too much the ...
... Review to the fact that before its appearance the common reviews had become " extremely mawkish , " and " gave a dawdling , mauldin sort of applause to everything that reached even mediocrity . ' They were also , he says , too much the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE CHARACTERWRITERS | 15 |
THE QUEEN ANNE ESSAYISTS | 99 |
Copyright | |
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