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... critics , the extracts headed by a considerable Introduction to the critic and his work , to the age in which he was writing , and to the influence and tradition to which his criticism has given rise . Selections of a somewhat similar ...
... critics , the extracts headed by a considerable Introduction to the critic and his work , to the age in which he was writing , and to the influence and tradition to which his criticism has given rise . Selections of a somewhat similar ...
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... criticism ? How did he view the critic's responsibilities , and of what nature was his own respon- siveness to literature ? First , he brought - especially to poetry - a sensibility of excep- tional acuteness . Poetry affected him ...
... criticism ? How did he view the critic's responsibilities , and of what nature was his own respon- siveness to literature ? First , he brought - especially to poetry - a sensibility of excep- tional acuteness . Poetry affected him ...
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... criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the ...
... criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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