Melville and the Comic SpiritUsing elements of traditional Celtic lore, relates how Kate helps her stepsister Meghan to break the spell that has given her the head of a sheep. |
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... later remarked to Evert Duyckinck , “ but not uni- versally to be found . " 11 And when he read Cervantes in 1855 , he marked Don Quixote's praise of Sancho Panza for being " good- natured , without which no knowledge is of any value ...
... later remarked to Evert Duyckinck , “ but not uni- versally to be found . " 11 And when he read Cervantes in 1855 , he marked Don Quixote's praise of Sancho Panza for being " good- natured , without which no knowledge is of any value ...
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... later , “ I once , like other spoonies , cherished a loose sort of notion that I did not care to live very long . But I will frankly own that I have now no serious , no insuperable objections to a respectable longevity . " 33 With " I ...
... later , “ I once , like other spoonies , cherished a loose sort of notion that I did not care to live very long . But I will frankly own that I have now no serious , no insuperable objections to a respectable longevity . " 33 With " I ...
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... later wrote a humorous poem dramatizing Falstaff's probable rationalization of that repulse : " Falstaff's Lament over Prince Hal Become Henry V , " Collected Poems , pp . 382–383 . 10. Matthiessen , American Renaissance , p . 432 . II ...
... later wrote a humorous poem dramatizing Falstaff's probable rationalization of that repulse : " Falstaff's Lament over Prince Hal Become Henry V , " Collected Poems , pp . 382–383 . 10. Matthiessen , American Renaissance , p . 432 . II ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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