Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan Company, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 156
... vision of experience . Much would - be creative writing does not do this , but only reflects conceptions of life current in his time . Scott's heroes for instance are merely pictures of the ideal gentleman as conceived in his day : his ...
... vision of experience . Much would - be creative writing does not do this , but only reflects conceptions of life current in his time . Scott's heroes for instance are merely pictures of the ideal gentleman as conceived in his day : his ...
Page 166
... vision . " And the vision of the picture stands symbol for Lily's whole vision of human experience . At the culminating moment of successful creation the artist sees the fragmentary multi - coloured confusion of life revealed as the ...
... vision . " And the vision of the picture stands symbol for Lily's whole vision of human experience . At the culminating moment of successful creation the artist sees the fragmentary multi - coloured confusion of life revealed as the ...
Page 201
... vision . If that vision is incoherent , if those foundations are insecure , so also is the building that rests on them . We move through it entranced but uneasy ; for we are , half consciously , aware that at any moment the whole ...
... vision . If that vision is incoherent , if those foundations are insecure , so also is the building that rests on them . We move through it entranced but uneasy ; for we are , half consciously , aware that at any moment the whole ...
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