Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.
-- Carl Clinton Van Doren
   
Carl Clinton Van Doren   Name:
Carl Clinton Van Doren
Type:
Critic
Nationality:
American
Birth:
September 10, 1885
Death:
July 18, 1950
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