Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan Company, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 156
... critic ever can . The con- temporary critic is in the position of a man writing a book about his father . Clearly he cannot expect to be unbiased about him , nor to see him in true perspective with the rest of mankind . On the other ...
... critic ever can . The con- temporary critic is in the position of a man writing a book about his father . Clearly he cannot expect to be unbiased about him , nor to see him in true perspective with the rest of mankind . On the other ...
Page 156
... critic ever can . The con- temporary critic is in the position of a man writing a book about his father . Clearly he cannot expect to be unbiased about him , nor to see him in true perspective with the rest of mankind . On the other ...
... critic ever can . The con- temporary critic is in the position of a man writing a book about his father . Clearly he cannot expect to be unbiased about him , nor to see him in true perspective with the rest of mankind . On the other ...
Page 157
... critic of a later generation can know . But before he begins his task he must approach his subject in a different spirit to that in which he would treat a writer of the past . He must recognise that there is simply no question of his ...
... critic of a later generation can know . But before he begins his task he must approach his subject in a different spirit to that in which he would treat a writer of the past . He must recognise that there is simply no question of his ...
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