American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott C. Scribner's Sons, 1949 - 1120 pages |
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Page 448
... idea , the starting - point , of the novel , is the only one that I see in which it can be spoken of as something different from its organic whole ; and since in proportion as the work is successful the idea permeates and pene- trates ...
... idea , the starting - point , of the novel , is the only one that I see in which it can be spoken of as something different from its organic whole ; and since in proportion as the work is successful the idea permeates and pene- trates ...
Page 590
... idea upon which we can ride , so to speak ; any idea that will carry us pros- perously from any one part of our experi- ence to any other part , linking things satisfactorily , working securely , simplify- ing , saving labor ; is true ...
... idea upon which we can ride , so to speak ; any idea that will carry us pros- perously from any one part of our experi- ence to any other part , linking things satisfactorily , working securely , simplify- ing , saving labor ; is true ...
Page 627
... ideas that they lap up so greedily - it must occur to him not infrequently , in the silent watches of the night , that much that he writes is sheer buncombe . As I have said , I can't imagine any idea - that is , in the domain of ...
... ideas that they lap up so greedily - it must occur to him not infrequently , in the silent watches of the night , that much that he writes is sheer buncombe . As I have said , I can't imagine any idea - that is , in the domain of ...
Contents
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 15 |
Letter to Mrs Bixby | 102 |
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS | 321 |
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| Title | American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2 American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 1120 pages |
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