An Approach to Literature: A Collection of Prose and Verse with Analyses and DiscussionsCleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser, Robert Penn Warren F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 - 634 pages |
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... answer to such a question would be : " For informa- tion and for amusement . " But does this reply really answer the further question : " Why do people read literature ? " People do read Who's Who , or The Boston Cook Book , or A ...
... answer to such a question would be : " For informa- tion and for amusement . " But does this reply really answer the further question : " Why do people read literature ? " People do read Who's Who , or The Boston Cook Book , or A ...
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... answer if he dare . To those who are not crystal- gazers , a complex and guarded answer seems wise . Let us beware how we nationalize the sectional hero or sectionalize the national hero . If we are to have any national heroes at all ...
... answer if he dare . To those who are not crystal- gazers , a complex and guarded answer seems wise . Let us beware how we nationalize the sectional hero or sectionalize the national hero . If we are to have any national heroes at all ...
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... answer there is an obvious objection . In theory , it is true , a state might nullify a law which she considered unconstitutional - not one which she considered unjust or unwise . But in the heat of party feeling the consciences of ...
... answer there is an obvious objection . In theory , it is true , a state might nullify a law which she considered unconstitutional - not one which she considered unjust or unwise . But in the heat of party feeling the consciences of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 17 |
Bret Harte | 35 |
Guy de Maupassant | 41 |
Copyright | |
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