American Writers: A Collection of Literary BiographiesLeonard Unger, A. Walton Litz, Molly Weigel, Lea Bechler, Jay Parini Scribner, 1974 - American literature The four volume set consists of ninety-seven of the pamphlets originally published as the University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers. Some have been revised and updated. |
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... artist's way of seeing his subject was the im- portant thing . This insistence was , of course , both a perma- nent truth in art and a reflection of the ro- mantic aesthetic , in which the artist is always peculiarly central . Just as ...
... artist's way of seeing his subject was the im- portant thing . This insistence was , of course , both a perma- nent truth in art and a reflection of the ro- mantic aesthetic , in which the artist is always peculiarly central . Just as ...
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... artist . By the end , the difficulties have become op- portunities - though Hawthorne does not claim so much but the dangers remain . Against them Hawthorne issues a final warning that unites the two " subjects " of the sketch , art and ...
... artist . By the end , the difficulties have become op- portunities - though Hawthorne does not claim so much but the dangers remain . Against them Hawthorne issues a final warning that unites the two " subjects " of the sketch , art and ...
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... artist and man . " The Old Apple Dealer " emphasizes the cre- ativity of the artist and the danger such cre- ativity brings with it . The danger is partly that the artist will suppose that he knows more than he can possibly know ...
... artist and man . " The Old Apple Dealer " emphasizes the cre- ativity of the artist and the danger such cre- ativity brings with it . The danger is partly that the artist will suppose that he knows more than he can possibly know ...
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