Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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Page 68
... literary phenomena . He never really knew economic security ; yet he has written some of the most extraordinary stories in the whole range of English literature , including at least one master- piece , The Hill of Dreams . He began his ...
... literary phenomena . He never really knew economic security ; yet he has written some of the most extraordinary stories in the whole range of English literature , including at least one master- piece , The Hill of Dreams . He began his ...
Page 194
... literary Chicago . * I am happy to report that Fuller's manuscripts and other " papers " have now been acquired by the Newberry Library , a notable acquisition . They are the records of an interesting and devoted literary life ...
... literary Chicago . * I am happy to report that Fuller's manuscripts and other " papers " have now been acquired by the Newberry Library , a notable acquisition . They are the records of an interesting and devoted literary life ...
Page 262
... literary faculty , he would possess also the literary impulse . He would write be- cause he liked to write , quite apart from the lonely fate awaiting his product . For the true spring of im- aginative literature , says Arthur Machen ...
... literary faculty , he would possess also the literary impulse . He would write be- cause he liked to write , quite apart from the lonely fate awaiting his product . For the true spring of im- aginative literature , says Arthur Machen ...
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