ELH., Volume 11Johns Hopkins University Press, 1944 ELH publishes studies that interpret the conditions affecting major works in English and American literature. The journal seeks to emphasize the importance of historical continuity in the discipline of letters without sponsoring particular methods or aims. |
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... writing of vers de société is a difficult accom- plishment , and no one has fully succeeded in it without possessing a certain gift of irony , which is not only a much rarer quality than humor , or even wit , but is altogether less ...
... writing of vers de société is a difficult accom- plishment , and no one has fully succeeded in it without possessing a certain gift of irony , which is not only a much rarer quality than humor , or even wit , but is altogether less ...
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... writing was no mere matter of prudish affecta- tion . Walter Scott is the authority for a revealing anecdote about his great - aunt , Mrs. Keith of Ravelstone . As a young woman she had read Aphra Behn's novels , and recalled them with ...
... writing was no mere matter of prudish affecta- tion . Walter Scott is the authority for a revealing anecdote about his great - aunt , Mrs. Keith of Ravelstone . As a young woman she had read Aphra Behn's novels , and recalled them with ...
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... writing habits in order to illuminate his methods of composition and revision , and his sense of structure and style . For this purpose four sources of information have been drawn upon : accounts of his writing habits by his friends and ...
... writing habits in order to illuminate his methods of composition and revision , and his sense of structure and style . For this purpose four sources of information have been drawn upon : accounts of his writing habits by his friends and ...
Contents
JUL | 12 |
WILLIAMS WELDON M The Influence of Ben Jonsons | 38 |
MOTTER T H VAIL Garrick and the Private Theatres | 63 |
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