Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... example , is rewarding and salutary in many ways . One is the exploratory spirit it reveals . Tentative insights and careful notations are surer stimulants and finer examples for the beginning critic than dogmatic pronounce- ments ...
... example , is rewarding and salutary in many ways . One is the exploratory spirit it reveals . Tentative insights and careful notations are surer stimulants and finer examples for the beginning critic than dogmatic pronounce- ments ...
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... example , a brother kills or intends to kill a brother , a son his father , a mother her son , a son his mother , or any other deed of the kind is done these are the situations to be looked for by the poet . He may not indeed destroy ...
... example , a brother kills or intends to kill a brother , a son his father , a mother her son , a son his mother , or any other deed of the kind is done these are the situations to be looked for by the poet . He may not indeed destroy ...
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... examples of tragicomedies , as Plautus hath Amphytrio . But , if we mark them well , we shall find that they never ... example , we are ravished with delight to see a fair woman and yet are far from being moved to laughter . We laugh ...
... examples of tragicomedies , as Plautus hath Amphytrio . But , if we mark them well , we shall find that they never ... example , we are ravished with delight to see a fair woman and yet are far from being moved to laughter . We laugh ...
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