The Critical Temper: Victorian literature and American literatureMartin Tucker Ungar, 1969 - American literature |
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... tion of contemporary relevance . We welcome his special capacity , so rare in his own age , for double vision . He could see at least two sides to every question . ( He could even see two sides of seeing two sides of every ques- tion ...
... tion of contemporary relevance . We welcome his special capacity , so rare in his own age , for double vision . He could see at least two sides to every question . ( He could even see two sides of seeing two sides of every ques- tion ...
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... tion , or the over - soul , or spiritual laws , the result would have been as thin and forced as it is in other transcendental systems . But he coveted truth ; and he returned to experience , to history , to poetry , to the natural ...
... tion , or the over - soul , or spiritual laws , the result would have been as thin and forced as it is in other transcendental systems . But he coveted truth ; and he returned to experience , to history , to poetry , to the natural ...
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... tion that meets his is stimulated to go on thinking about a world that is so full of a number of things . [ ca. 1913 ] John Macy The Spirit of American Literature ( New York : Modern Library , n.d. ) , pp . 168-69 There was a time when ...
... tion that meets his is stimulated to go on thinking about a world that is so full of a number of things . [ ca. 1913 ] John Macy The Spirit of American Literature ( New York : Modern Library , n.d. ) , pp . 168-69 There was a time when ...
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Matthew Arnold 18221888 | 3 |
Walter Bagehot 18261877 | 16 |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 18061861 | 30 |
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