Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 101
... fashion . It succeeded . Tennyson might be popular and Browning unpopular , Arnold austere and Jean Ingelow fine if ... fashion as Rossetti , Wilde , and Whistler were fashions . Fashion depends on departure from established convention ...
... fashion . It succeeded . Tennyson might be popular and Browning unpopular , Arnold austere and Jean Ingelow fine if ... fashion as Rossetti , Wilde , and Whistler were fashions . Fashion depends on departure from established convention ...
Page 102
... fashion for decadence were others , for Kipling , for Stevenson , and for the tales of mean streets to which Mr Maugham contributed Lisa of Lambeth . The most personal and poignant of these fashions was for Kipling , who spoke up for ...
... fashion for decadence were others , for Kipling , for Stevenson , and for the tales of mean streets to which Mr Maugham contributed Lisa of Lambeth . The most personal and poignant of these fashions was for Kipling , who spoke up for ...
Page 104
... fashion continued for consciousness without pity ; but subtlety gave place to " culture " . " Mereness " was sin , something to be crushed - as liberalism everywhere was to be crushed - because as one devotee declared " there must be ...
... fashion continued for consciousness without pity ; but subtlety gave place to " culture " . " Mereness " was sin , something to be crushed - as liberalism everywhere was to be crushed - because as one devotee declared " there must be ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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