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Page vii
His work inevitably continues to perplex . Is he a sentimentalist or an opponent of sentiment ? Is he a hard - hitting satirist in the tradition of Swift and Pope , or an amiable humorist , or a writer so various that he cannot be ...
His work inevitably continues to perplex . Is he a sentimentalist or an opponent of sentiment ? Is he a hard - hitting satirist in the tradition of Swift and Pope , or an amiable humorist , or a writer so various that he cannot be ...
Page viii
New candidates for the canon spring up almost annually , while some doubtful pieces ( my own prime suspects are " The History of Miss Stanton " and " On the Different Schools of Music " ) continue to be accepted as genuine .
New candidates for the canon spring up almost annually , while some doubtful pieces ( my own prime suspects are " The History of Miss Stanton " and " On the Different Schools of Music " ) continue to be accepted as genuine .
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Still financially dependent on his uncle , he announced to him his plans to continue his medical studies in Paris . Early in 1754 he set out . He may have had Paris in mind , but in fact he arrived in Leiden , an important center of ...
Still financially dependent on his uncle , he announced to him his plans to continue his medical studies in Paris . Early in 1754 he set out . He may have had Paris in mind , but in fact he arrived in Leiden , an important center of ...
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| Title | Oliver Goldsmith Revisited Issue 487 of Twayne's English authors series |
| Authors | Former Chair of English Peter Dixon, Peter Dixon |
| Contributor | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Twayne Publishers, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0805770089, 9780805770087 |
| Length | 157 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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