Robert Nichols letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 Jul 21

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Robert Nichols letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 Jul 21

Responds to the question "What is the most beautiful line in poetry?" Nichols says that this is an "impossible but delectable task." He believes that the greater the measure of comprehensibility in a beautiful line the more beautiful the line. He believes that one should feel rather than see how beautiful a line is.

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Tewson, William Orton, 1877-1947

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Editor and literary critic. From the description of William Orton Tewson papers, 1923-1926 (bulk 1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981490 William Orton Tewson, editor of the Literary review of the New York evening post. Glenn Ward Dresbach, born near Lanark, Ill.; editor of Wisconsin magazine and poet. From the description of Letter to Glenn Ward Dresbach, 1925 July 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54859821 ...

Nichols, Robert, 1893-1944

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English author Robert Nichols was known as a World War I poet and playwright. Educated at Winchester College and Oxford, he served as an artillery officer in World War I, before being discharged with shell shock. He wrote poetry, giving readings to large crowds, and was part of a group of British artists sent to America. After the war, he became part of England's literary circle, served as professor of English literature at the University of Tokyo, and lived for a time in Austria and France. He ...