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... Spender , the Eng- lish poet and critic , wrote these words in the journal which he began on that critical day : I feel as if I could not write again . Words seem to break in my mind like sticks when I put them down on paper . I cannot ...
... Spender , the Eng- lish poet and critic , wrote these words in the journal which he began on that critical day : I feel as if I could not write again . Words seem to break in my mind like sticks when I put them down on paper . I cannot ...
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... SPENDER THE poetic development of W. H. Auden ( born in 1907 ) parallels in many ways that of Day Lewis . T Both poets begin by feeling for an attitude and for an audience and acquiring confidence and clarity as they find them . In some ...
... SPENDER THE poetic development of W. H. Auden ( born in 1907 ) parallels in many ways that of Day Lewis . T Both poets begin by feeling for an attitude and for an audience and acquiring confidence and clarity as they find them . In some ...
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... Spender has this to say : . . . . The main interest of The Airman's Journal is how the air- man is able to relate himself to society , and how far he is himself simply a product of the social life which has produced him . The symbolic ...
... Spender has this to say : . . . . The main interest of The Airman's Journal is how the air- man is able to relate himself to society , and how far he is himself simply a product of the social life which has produced him . The symbolic ...
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Poetry and the Modern World: A Study of Poetry in England Between 1900-1939 David Daiches No preview available - 2012 |
Poetry and the Modern World: A Study of Poetry in England Between 1900 and 1939 David 1912- Daiches No preview available - 2021 |
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