Criticism: The Foundations of Modern Literary JudgmentMark Schorer, Josephine Miles, Gordon McKenzie Harcourt, Brace, 1948 - 553 pages |
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Page 203
... whole that is wanting in magnitude . 3. A whole is that which has a beginning , a middle , and an end . A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal neces- sity , but after which something naturally is or comes to ...
... whole that is wanting in magnitude . 3. A whole is that which has a beginning , a middle , and an end . A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal neces- sity , but after which something naturally is or comes to ...
Page 210
... whole story of the Fall of Troy , instead of selecting portions , like Euripides ; or who have taken the whole tale of Niobe , and not a part of her story , like Aeschylus , either fail utterly or meet with poor success on the stage ...
... whole story of the Fall of Troy , instead of selecting portions , like Euripides ; or who have taken the whole tale of Niobe , and not a part of her story , like Aeschylus , either fail utterly or meet with poor success on the stage ...
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... whole attention of the reader to itself , becomes dis- joined from its context , and forms a separate whole , instead of a harmonizing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained composition , from which the reader collects rapidly ...
... whole attention of the reader to itself , becomes dis- joined from its context , and forms a separate whole , instead of a harmonizing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained composition , from which the reader collects rapidly ...
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