The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... important to me and it is about myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it ... importance than they had in his life . There were events among a multitude of others , virtuous or at least neutral ...
... important to me and it is about myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it ... importance than they had in his life . There were events among a multitude of others , virtuous or at least neutral ...
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... important by far , is the free- dom to follow his own bent , and the other is con- fidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he com- pares his work with what he intended it to be is ...
... important by far , is the free- dom to follow his own bent , and the other is con- fidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he com- pares his work with what he intended it to be is ...
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... important to the nine- teenth century have lost their interest , and artists do not yet see what the great issues ... importance to my work . In the drama I have found myself at home in the traditional moulds . As a writer of fiction I ...
... important to the nine- teenth century have lost their interest , and artists do not yet see what the great issues ... importance to my work . In the drama I have found myself at home in the traditional moulds . As a writer of fiction I ...
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