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... PROSE People's reason for wanting a definition is to take care of the borderline case , and this is what a definition , as if by definition , will not do . That is , if a man asks for a definition of poetry , it will most certainly not ...
... PROSE People's reason for wanting a definition is to take care of the borderline case , and this is what a definition , as if by definition , will not do . That is , if a man asks for a definition of poetry , it will most certainly not ...
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Imagina- tion in nonfic- tional prose The role of eloquence Mon- taigne's pre- eminence as an essayist Journal- istic essays. own . Nonfictional prose genres have flourished in nearly all countries with advanced literatures . The genres ...
Imagina- tion in nonfic- tional prose The role of eloquence Mon- taigne's pre- eminence as an essayist Journal- istic essays. own . Nonfictional prose genres have flourished in nearly all countries with advanced literatures . The genres ...
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... prose and German sensibility for centuries . In the 20th century that type of prose lost favour with American and British readers , who ceased to cherish Latin orators and Biblical prose as their models . In German literature , however ...
... prose and German sensibility for centuries . In the 20th century that type of prose lost favour with American and British readers , who ceased to cherish Latin orators and Biblical prose as their models . In German literature , however ...
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