Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 22
... true interests of her lover , and who is so dominated by the desire to attract that she cannot be faithful to him for half - an - hour once his back is turned . Yet in spite of all , the figures of both are resplendent with romance ...
... true interests of her lover , and who is so dominated by the desire to attract that she cannot be faithful to him for half - an - hour once his back is turned . Yet in spite of all , the figures of both are resplendent with romance ...
Page 104
... true almost uniformly to the first rule of literary art , she excludes from her books all aspects of life that cannot pass through the crucible of her imagination . So that every inch of her book is vital . She is not only true to the ...
... true almost uniformly to the first rule of literary art , she excludes from her books all aspects of life that cannot pass through the crucible of her imagination . So that every inch of her book is vital . She is not only true to the ...
Page 135
... true to sober exper- ience as it is melodious . Turgenev's æsthetic impulse is of the very substance of his conceptions . It shows itself just as much , however , in the form he imposes on his material . No one has ever succeeded better ...
... true to sober exper- ience as it is melodious . Turgenev's æsthetic impulse is of the very substance of his conceptions . It shows itself just as much , however , in the form he imposes on his material . No one has ever succeeded better ...
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