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 96
... literature has a vividness of appeal that classical literature can never have and it is well for a young writer to know what his contem- poraries are writing about and how . But there are fashions in literature and it is not easy to ...
... literature has a vividness of appeal that classical literature can never have and it is well for a young writer to know what his contem- poraries are writing about and how . But there are fashions in literature and it is not easy to ...
Page 104
... literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the actions they perform and the words they use , neither of which offer great difficulty , but of ancestral ...
... literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the actions they perform and the words they use , neither of which offer great difficulty , but of ancestral ...
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... literature of the past , and studious of contemporary literature in other countries , he will see clearly the trend that literature in its evolution is pursuing and so be enabled profitably to direct that of his own countrymen . He must ...
... literature of the past , and studious of contemporary literature in other countries , he will see clearly the trend that literature in its evolution is pursuing and so be enabled profitably to direct that of his own countrymen . He must ...
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