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Cool, grave, classical in form and spare.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Martin Seymour-Smith
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 498
- Publisher
- Carol Pub. Group, MJF Books - Fine Communications, Citadel
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9785790523731
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Martin Roger Seymour-Smith (24 April 1928 – 1 July 1998) was a British poet, literary critic, and biographer.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seymour-Smith Celebrated for his broad range of intellectual interests, his grace as a poet and his sharpness as a critic, Mr. Seymour-Smith was perhaps best known for his ''Guide to Modern World Literature,'' which was published in 1973 and revised and expanded in 1986 as ''The Macmillan Guide to Modern World Literature.'' The book was such a thorough study of 20th-century poetry, drama and fiction that some critics doubted it was the work of one person -- until they read it and found Mr. Seymour-Smith's distinctive voice an
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