American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott C. Scribner's Sons, 1949 |
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Page 304
... story may be spun out to great length , and may wander around as much as it pleases , and arrive nowhere in particular ; but the comic and witty stories must be brief and end with a point . The humorous story bubbles gently along , the ...
... story may be spun out to great length , and may wander around as much as it pleases , and arrive nowhere in particular ; but the comic and witty stories must be brief and end with a point . The humorous story bubbles gently along , the ...
Page 306
... story . To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometime pur- poseless way , and seem innocently un- aware that they are absurdities , is the basis of the American art , if my position is correct . Another ...
... story . To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometime pur- poseless way , and seem innocently un- aware that they are absurdities , is the basis of the American art , if my position is correct . Another ...
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... story " which I shall not attempt to criticise , though they seem to me to contain a singular ambiguity , be- cause I do not think I understand them . I cannot see what is meant by talking as if there were a part of a novel which is the ...
... story " which I shall not attempt to criticise , though they seem to me to contain a singular ambiguity , be- cause I do not think I understand them . I cannot see what is meant by talking as if there were a part of a novel which is the ...
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AMERICAN LITERATURE 18601900 | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 15 |
1080 | 62 |
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