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Learning from a Modern Master
‘The Fourth Dimension of a Poem and Other Essays’ by M.H. Abrams
The Fourth Dimension of a Poem and Other Essays
by M.H. Abrams, with a foreword by Harold Bloom
June 20, 2013 issue
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William H. Gass (1924–2017) was an essayist, novelist, and literary critic. He grew up in Ohio and taught philosophy at Washington University. Among his books are six works of fiction and nine books of essays, including Tests of Time (2002), A Temple of Texts (2006), and Life Sentences (2012).
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