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... lived was pre - romantic , pre - industrial , pre - imperial . All these forces got into motion in his lifetime , and he distrusted them all . This is one reason why his criticism is so bracing . It looks at literature and experience ...
... lived was pre - romantic , pre - industrial , pre - imperial . All these forces got into motion in his lifetime , and he distrusted them all . This is one reason why his criticism is so bracing . It looks at literature and experience ...
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... lived long , and lived deeply and strenuously ; and ' Judgment ' , as he so truly said , ' is forced on us by experience . ' NOTES I For a discussion of the probable extent of Johnson's contribution see Allen T. Hazen , Samuel Johnson's ...
... lived long , and lived deeply and strenuously ; and ' Judgment ' , as he so truly said , ' is forced on us by experience . ' NOTES I For a discussion of the probable extent of Johnson's contribution see Allen T. Hazen , Samuel Johnson's ...
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... lived through the play , and died in his bed , ' without danger to the poet . Dryden well knew , had he been in quest of truth , that , in a pointed sentence , more regard is commonly had to the words than the thought , and that it is ...
... lived through the play , and died in his bed , ' without danger to the poet . Dryden well knew , had he been in quest of truth , that , in a pointed sentence , more regard is commonly had to the words than the thought , and that it is ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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