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Winter 1991 • Vol. XIII No. 1 • Book Reviews |

Creation and the Courtesy of Reading

By Ronald A. Sharp

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Ronald A. Sharp is Professor Emeritus of English at Vassar College, where he was also Dean of the Faculty from 2003 to 2008. Before coming to Vassar he was John Crowe Ransom Professor of English at Kenyon College, where he also served as Provost, Acting President, and Editor of the Kenyon Review. His six books focus on poetry, Romanticism, Keats, and friendship.

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