The Critical Temper: Victorian literature and American literatureMartin Tucker Ungar, 1969 - American literature |
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... ideal society , an ideal civilization . And English society , he had to recognize as he lived into it , could not after all offer him any sustaining approximation to his ideal . Still less , he knew , could America . So we find him ...
... ideal society , an ideal civilization . And English society , he had to recognize as he lived into it , could not after all offer him any sustaining approximation to his ideal . Still less , he knew , could America . So we find him ...
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... ideal upon ideal in his effort to synthesize the old notion of the poet's contemplative life with the new fashion of activity . At intervals between his theorizing , he also attempted to make literature a profession to be followed ...
... ideal upon ideal in his effort to synthesize the old notion of the poet's contemplative life with the new fashion of activity . At intervals between his theorizing , he also attempted to make literature a profession to be followed ...
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... ideal which he sought to realize . Not only did the ideal " Walt " differ from , and come into conflict with , the actual Walter Whitman , but his ideal differed from and came into conflict with the genteel tradition which cultured ...
... ideal which he sought to realize . Not only did the ideal " Walt " differ from , and come into conflict with , the actual Walter Whitman , but his ideal differed from and came into conflict with the genteel tradition which cultured ...
Contents
Matthew Arnold 18221888 | 3 |
Walter Bagehot 18261877 | 16 |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 18061861 | 30 |
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