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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Page 142
... culture as female wealth and smartness , and culture as a consumer's demand for beauty , a demand that has been whipped up by " all the colleges , all the magazines , the newspapers and the movies . " The first use of the word is silly ...
... culture as female wealth and smartness , and culture as a consumer's demand for beauty , a demand that has been whipped up by " all the colleges , all the magazines , the newspapers and the movies . " The first use of the word is silly ...
Page 144
... culture was influenced by the Classical . But the basic affirmation of the new culture , though it may be built on many foreign contributions , will be its own , will be characteristic . The Christianity of the West clearly rests on ...
... culture was influenced by the Classical . But the basic affirmation of the new culture , though it may be built on many foreign contributions , will be its own , will be characteristic . The Christianity of the West clearly rests on ...
Page 159
... culture is seized , the mo- ment it is regarded not solely as the endeavor to see things as they are , to draw towards a knowledge of the universal order which seems to be intended and aimed at in the world , and which it is a man's ...
... culture is seized , the mo- ment it is regarded not solely as the endeavor to see things as they are , to draw towards a knowledge of the universal order which seems to be intended and aimed at in the world , and which it is a man's ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 17 |
Bret Harte | 35 |
Guy de Maupassant | 41 |
Copyright | |
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