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autorial vanity
0 In Poe's "Philosophy of Composition" he says, "Why such a paper has never been given to the world, I am much at a loss to say—but, perhaps, the 01 i 00 autorial vanity 02 i 00 has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause." 02 br
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02 i 00 Most writers- poets in especial- prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy- an ecstatic intuition- and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes, at the elaborate and vacillating crudities of thought- at the true purposes seized only at the last moment- 01 i 00 etc. 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 Poe is saying that 01 b 00 authors are too vain 02 b 00 to write a paper that tells people about the true, unglamorous, unimpressive process of writing. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
- 02 i 00 Most writers- poets in especial- prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy- an ecstatic intuition- and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes, at the elaborate and vacillating crudities of thought- at the true purposes seized only at the last moment- 01 i 00 etc.
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 Poe is saying that 01 b 00 authors are too vain 02 b 00 to write a paper that tells people about the true, unglamorous, unimpressive process of writing.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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01 i 00 Why such a paper has never been given to the world, I am much at a loss to say- but, perhaps, the autorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. 02 i 00 Most writers- poets in especial- prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine f
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01 i 00 Why such a paper has never been given to the world, I am much at a loss to say- but, perhaps, the autorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. 02 i 00 Most writers- poets in especial- prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine f
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