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We judge a work of art by its effect on our sincere and vital emotion , and nothing else . All the critical twiddle - twaddle about style and form , all this pseudo - scientific classifying and analysing of books in an imitation ...
We judge a work of art by its effect on our sincere and vital emotion , and nothing else . All the critical twiddle - twaddle about style and form , all this pseudo - scientific classifying and analysing of books in an imitation ...
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As he consciously aimed at this effect we cannot say he failed ; on the contrary . But we can question the value of the aim ; and we can also say that this use of rhythm , calling attention to itself all the time , runs the risk of ...
As he consciously aimed at this effect we cannot say he failed ; on the contrary . But we can question the value of the aim ; and we can also say that this use of rhythm , calling attention to itself all the time , runs the risk of ...
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... concreteness of diction is not so essential as in poetry , seems on the whole indisputable . Especially in longer pieces of prose writing , where significances are gradually built up , and where the final effect , or effects ...
... concreteness of diction is not so essential as in poetry , seems on the whole indisputable . Especially in longer pieces of prose writing , where significances are gradually built up , and where the final effect , or effects ...
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| Title | Literature and Criticism A Pelican book |
| Author | H. Coombes |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 190 pages |
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