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Page 83
... Dreiser's words , ' a largeness of feeling not altogether squared with intellect ' ; and Dreiser conveys his regard for her when he comments : ' Virtue is that quality of generosity which offers itself willingly for another's service ...
... Dreiser's words , ' a largeness of feeling not altogether squared with intellect ' ; and Dreiser conveys his regard for her when he comments : ' Virtue is that quality of generosity which offers itself willingly for another's service ...
Page 84
... Dreiser's obvious difficulty in maintaining interest in Cowperwood . Dreiser piles on the comparisons with his hero , who is seen sometimes as Hannibal at the gates of Rome , sometimes as a great Elizabethan . But though the description ...
... Dreiser's obvious difficulty in maintaining interest in Cowperwood . Dreiser piles on the comparisons with his hero , who is seen sometimes as Hannibal at the gates of Rome , sometimes as a great Elizabethan . But though the description ...
Page 85
... Dreiser meant him to be . Yet Dreiser's pity for him is at once so vast and so deep that this is not how we react towards Clyde while we are reading the novel . Dreiser does not sentimentalize him at all ; indeed , his pity is im ...
... Dreiser meant him to be . Yet Dreiser's pity for him is at once so vast and so deep that this is not how we react towards Clyde while we are reading the novel . Dreiser does not sentimentalize him at all ; indeed , his pity is im ...
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