An Approach to LiteratureAn Approach to Literature provides a very liberal selection of fiction, poetry and drama, and it is scarecely to be expected that the book will be regularly used from cover to cover. What we have tried to do, now more positively than ever, is to give teachers room to maneuver, a range of choices out of which they can tailor a course to their special needs and to the tastes and capacities of their students. |
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Page 117
... never mind him . I got the place with Harry and I liked Burt fine . We got along splendid together . He was a big nigger with a lazy sprawling body and soft , kind eyes , and when it came to a fight he could hit like Jack Johnson . He ...
... never mind him . I got the place with Harry and I liked Burt fine . We got along splendid together . He was a big nigger with a lazy sprawling body and soft , kind eyes , and when it came to a fight he could hit like Jack Johnson . He ...
Page 251
... never abandoned the Yale Club . He was a figure there , a personality , and the tendency of his class , who were now seven years out of col- lege , to drift away to more sober haunts was checked by his presence . His day was never too ...
... never abandoned the Yale Club . He was a figure there , a personality , and the tendency of his class , who were now seven years out of col- lege , to drift away to more sober haunts was checked by his presence . His day was never too ...
Page 519
... Never , never , never , never , never ! Scan this , and comment on the effect of the rhythm . 19.5 Time : Word Length Meter , as we have said , is abstract . It is a measure of the line by the kind of foot and the count of feet , and ...
... Never , never , never , never , never ! Scan this , and comment on the effect of the rhythm . 19.5 Time : Word Length Meter , as we have said , is abstract . It is a measure of the line by the kind of foot and the count of feet , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
William Carlos Williams | 11 |
Fictional Point | 17 |
Copyright | |
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