The Joy of Reading: 210 Favorite Books, Plays, Poems, Essays, Etc. : What's in Them, why Read ThemAn annotated bibliography of 210 of of the author's favorite books. |
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Page 63
... readers understood . These " revolutionary " poems offered thoughtful , even novel comments on that life , and these were appreciated or objected to by readers . But there were readers . No one read Songs of Innocence because it ...
... readers understood . These " revolutionary " poems offered thoughtful , even novel comments on that life , and these were appreciated or objected to by readers . But there were readers . No one read Songs of Innocence because it ...
Page 198
... readers see the book as containing an accusation of Tess : it is all , this terrible mixup , this frightful injustice , her own fault . There is merit in that reading , as long as it is not the only reading of the novel . Deeper than ...
... readers see the book as containing an accusation of Tess : it is all , this terrible mixup , this frightful injustice , her own fault . There is merit in that reading , as long as it is not the only reading of the novel . Deeper than ...
Page 216
... readers , even relatively practiced readers of poetry , fail to see more in him than a graceful skill at describing minor country matters . But look deeper and you begin to recog- nize a profound melancholy , which is after all the ...
... readers , even relatively practiced readers of poetry , fail to see more in him than a graceful skill at describing minor country matters . But look deeper and you begin to recog- nize a profound melancholy , which is after all the ...
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