The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... criticism , Steele was as highly gifted as any man of his time . In respect of some of the functions of criticism ; for there is a sense in which it might be maintained that he was not a critic at all . Of reasoned and deliberate ...
... criticism , Steele was as highly gifted as any man of his time . In respect of some of the functions of criticism ; for there is a sense in which it might be maintained that he was not a critic at all . Of reasoned and deliberate ...
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... criticism Hazlitt must yield to both Lamb and Coleridge . He had not steeped himself in the literature as they had . Of course he knew Shakespeare thoroughly , and the Characters are drawn with penetrating skill ; but he had far less of ...
... criticism Hazlitt must yield to both Lamb and Coleridge . He had not steeped himself in the literature as they had . Of course he knew Shakespeare thoroughly , and the Characters are drawn with penetrating skill ; but he had far less of ...
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... criticism of a member , moreover , of that so - called Cockney School , to which Keats also was supposed to belong ? Judged by what it contains , The Spirit of the Age is open to the criticism that it shows the prejudice which is the ...
... criticism of a member , moreover , of that so - called Cockney School , to which Keats also was supposed to belong ? Judged by what it contains , The Spirit of the Age is open to the criticism that it shows the prejudice which is the ...
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