The Critical Temper: From Milton to Romantic literature |
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Defoe gave us human histories , not galleries of human characters . He put the interest not in personal traits , but in what the people of the story do and undergo , and what effect it has upon their lives . And since he always seems to ...
Defoe gave us human histories , not galleries of human characters . He put the interest not in personal traits , but in what the people of the story do and undergo , and what effect it has upon their lives . And since he always seems to ...
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529 Fielding satirized in books and literary men the same inclusive folly which he regarded as the source of the ridiculous in all human action . That folly is affectation . Likewise , his chief method — simple exposure of words and ...
529 Fielding satirized in books and literary men the same inclusive folly which he regarded as the source of the ridiculous in all human action . That folly is affectation . Likewise , his chief method — simple exposure of words and ...
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10 , 72 The more one reads Coleridge the more impressed one becomes with what can only be called a psychological approach to all human problems . Whether it be punctuation , or political sovereignty , a criticism of Richard II ...
10 , 72 The more one reads Coleridge the more impressed one becomes with what can only be called a psychological approach to all human problems . Whether it be punctuation , or political sovereignty , a criticism of Richard II ...
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