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Page 97
... Gretchen - Cult When I consider what I wrote , almost forty years ago , on Powys and the Gretchen - Cult , I am conscious of a brash arrogance in this attempt of a tyro in his twenties to pass judgement on a man approaching seventy , re ...
... Gretchen - Cult When I consider what I wrote , almost forty years ago , on Powys and the Gretchen - Cult , I am conscious of a brash arrogance in this attempt of a tyro in his twenties to pass judgement on a man approaching seventy , re ...
Page 98
... Gretchen - Cult when , in Per Gynt , he so wittily and cynically misquoted- ' Das Ewig - Weibliche ziehet uns an ! ' As for Powys him- self , he takes an impish delight in parading what is female in him . We have already ... Gretchen - Cult.
... Gretchen - Cult when , in Per Gynt , he so wittily and cynically misquoted- ' Das Ewig - Weibliche ziehet uns an ! ' As for Powys him- self , he takes an impish delight in parading what is female in him . We have already ... Gretchen - Cult.
Page 100
... Gretchen - Cult , -for Illusion it remains , built out of dubious linguistic and psychological mater- ial , and , for the most part , recognized as an Illusion , even by its own priests ? True , its aesthetic charm cannot ... Gretchen - Cult.
... Gretchen - Cult , -for Illusion it remains , built out of dubious linguistic and psychological mater- ial , and , for the most part , recognized as an Illusion , even by its own priests ? True , its aesthetic charm cannot ... Gretchen - Cult.
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