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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... person narrator we have emphasized an irony based primarily on his limitation . But we should not forget that a first - person narrator may be unusually perceptive and in- telligent , that he may , in fact , be a conscious interpreter ...
... person narrator we have emphasized an irony based primarily on his limitation . But we should not forget that a first - person narrator may be unusually perceptive and in- telligent , that he may , in fact , be a conscious interpreter ...
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... person and the seriousness of the consequences his fall entails have a great deal to do with our reaction . The stu- dent might contemplate such variations as these . The person who slips is a feeble old man ; or the person who slips ...
... person and the seriousness of the consequences his fall entails have a great deal to do with our reaction . The stu- dent might contemplate such variations as these . The person who slips is a feeble old man ; or the person who slips ...
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... person like Joan will always prove hard to live with - a burden even to those whom she aids . Shaw's play develops this notion consistently , and his epilogue ends with Joan's cry : " Oh God that madest this beautiful earth , when will ...
... person like Joan will always prove hard to live with - a burden even to those whom she aids . Shaw's play develops this notion consistently , and his epilogue ends with Joan's cry : " Oh God that madest this beautiful earth , when will ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
William Carlos Williams | 11 |
Fictional Point | 17 |
Copyright | |
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