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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Page 157
... Truth ? " at the beginning of the last line points up the metaphorical concern , here , in terms of two opposed ways of searching for truth . It may even recall an echo of that aphor- ism attributed to Democritus : " Of truth we know ...
... Truth ? " at the beginning of the last line points up the metaphorical concern , here , in terms of two opposed ways of searching for truth . It may even recall an echo of that aphor- ism attributed to Democritus : " Of truth we know ...
Page 237
... truth . When , in the preface to The House of the Seven Gables , Hawthorne made his famous distinction between the novel and the romance , he was not at all intending to assign " truth " to the novel and mere " fantasy , " or escapist ...
... truth . When , in the preface to The House of the Seven Gables , Hawthorne made his famous distinction between the novel and the romance , he was not at all intending to assign " truth " to the novel and mere " fantasy , " or escapist ...
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... truth , from truth to beauty is scarcely a step in Howells ' theory of fiction . Realism is but the " truthful treatment of material , " or the " truest possible picture of life . " Truth , which is the only beauty , is " truth to human ...
... truth , from truth to beauty is scarcely a step in Howells ' theory of fiction . Realism is but the " truthful treatment of material , " or the " truest possible picture of life . " Truth , which is the only beauty , is " truth to human ...
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