American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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Page 82
... child , by the second stanza the child's admiration for the " big pic- ture " begins to mingle with an adult's analysis of it . ( Its cliffs , seen with a child's enlarging eye , are " hundreds of feet high " ; but the bases of the ...
... child , by the second stanza the child's admiration for the " big pic- ture " begins to mingle with an adult's analysis of it . ( Its cliffs , seen with a child's enlarging eye , are " hundreds of feet high " ; but the bases of the ...
Page 85
... child and the child's point of view ( and the child's extreme sensitivity to wonder and to pain ) are still very much with us . The place names are missing . Sometimes even the child is superficially missing ( as in " Large Bad Pic ...
... child and the child's point of view ( and the child's extreme sensitivity to wonder and to pain ) are still very much with us . The place names are missing . Sometimes even the child is superficially missing ( as in " Large Bad Pic ...
Page 87
... child I mentioned earlier . He is both timid and brave . He is filled with illusions that are more satisfying than reality . And the tear that is " his one possession " is " pure enough to drink . " Since he lives in a subway , he is ...
... child I mentioned earlier . He is both timid and brave . He is filled with illusions that are more satisfying than reality . And the tear that is " his one possession " is " pure enough to drink . " Since he lives in a subway , he is ...
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