Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 66
... Poetry " . The crisis , I understand , does not arise from the fact that current poetry is bad , but from the fact that it is not read . Grand committees are being formed to cultivate a taste for it ; the B.B.C. is being chivvied to ...
... Poetry " . The crisis , I understand , does not arise from the fact that current poetry is bad , but from the fact that it is not read . Grand committees are being formed to cultivate a taste for it ; the B.B.C. is being chivvied to ...
Page 67
... poets . In this respect they show some of the intellectual pride I dislike . They are as intolerant in their own way as the less instructed persons who fail to buy new poetry . THACKERAY RECONSIDERED T is a great pity that authors , 67 ...
... poets . In this respect they show some of the intellectual pride I dislike . They are as intolerant in their own way as the less instructed persons who fail to buy new poetry . THACKERAY RECONSIDERED T is a great pity that authors , 67 ...
Page 168
... poetry " . ... There is no persecution here . The persecution came from within . It came from Byron's morbid sense ... poetry ? Is it as great as foreigners say , or does it deserve the neglect it receives at home ? If you will obtain a ...
... poetry " . ... There is no persecution here . The persecution came from within . It came from Byron's morbid sense ... poetry ? Is it as great as foreigners say , or does it deserve the neglect it receives at home ? If you will obtain a ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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