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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Page 94
... critic , but at second - hand they can be of small service to you . I do not read a book for the book's sake , but for my own . It is not my business to judge it , but to absorb what I can of it , as the amoeba absorbs a particle of a ...
... critic , but at second - hand they can be of small service to you . I do not read a book for the book's sake , but for my own . It is not my business to judge it , but to absorb what I can of it , as the amoeba absorbs a particle of a ...
Page 230
... critic who is gravely concerned with literature ; even if they resent him they may be incited by antagonism to a clearer definition of their own aims . He can provoke in them an excitement that calls them to more conscious effort and ...
... critic who is gravely concerned with literature ; even if they resent him they may be incited by antagonism to a clearer definition of their own aims . He can provoke in them an excitement that calls them to more conscious effort and ...
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... critic will arise to ascend the throne once occupied by Sainte- Beuve and Matthew Arnold . He could do much . I have read lately two or three books in which a claim is made to form an exact science of criticism . They have not con ...
... critic will arise to ascend the throne once occupied by Sainte- Beuve and Matthew Arnold . He could do much . I have read lately two or three books in which a claim is made to form an exact science of criticism . They have not con ...
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