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The radical deficiency of imagist verse, as such, is in its lack of general ideas. Much of it might have been written by an infinitely sensitive decapitated frog. It is hemisphereless poetry.

Bliss Perry

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
Joseph Heller

Bliss Perry

Bliss Perry

Born: 1860
Died: 1954 (aged 94)
Bio: Bliss Perry, was an American literary critic, writer, editor, and teacher.
Known for:
  1. Fishing with a worm (1916)
  2. The American Spirit in Literature (1918)
  3. Study of prose fiction (1902)
  4. Emerson today (1931)
  5. The American Mind (1912)

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