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... artist concealing himself behind his work . Here , after all , was the source of the " witchery " of art . The wonder and admiration of the reader are , these lines imply , best evoked by processes of which he is unaware . Like ...
... artist concealing himself behind his work . Here , after all , was the source of the " witchery " of art . The wonder and admiration of the reader are , these lines imply , best evoked by processes of which he is unaware . Like ...
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... artistic equilibrium.1 Contrasts with Christian Attitudes The crux of the poem is , as many commentators have recognized , that there are consolations for the inevitable end of human existence quite aside from the Christian promise of ...
... artistic equilibrium.1 Contrasts with Christian Attitudes The crux of the poem is , as many commentators have recognized , that there are consolations for the inevitable end of human existence quite aside from the Christian promise of ...
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... artist , pose any serious threat to their literary fortunes . His best- known poems had been published decades before ( " Thanatopsis " antedated Herman Melville's birth by two years ) , and his output during the 1840s presented no ...
... artist , pose any serious threat to their literary fortunes . His best- known poems had been published decades before ( " Thanatopsis " antedated Herman Melville's birth by two years ) , and his output during the 1840s presented no ...
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