The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... Brunetière . It is true that he would not have occupied himself much with current literature , and if we may judge by the three I have mentioned , had he done so it would have been of no direct service to contemporary writers . For ...
... Brunetière . It is true that he would not have occupied himself much with current literature , and if we may judge by the three I have mentioned , had he done so it would have been of no direct service to contemporary writers . For ...
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... Brunetière had no tolerance ; he measured writers by hard and fast rules and was incapable of seeing merit in those who had aims with which he did not sympathize . His force of character gave him an influence that his talents did not ...
... Brunetière had no tolerance ; he measured writers by hard and fast rules and was incapable of seeing merit in those who had aims with which he did not sympathize . His force of character gave him an influence that his talents did not ...
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