Word: slayn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yonge Hugh of Lincoln, slayn also With cursed Jewes, as it is notable For it nis but a lit el whyle...
Better than anything else in A Long Memory is the fine evocation of place, and the descriptions of the bleak lower depths of river life. In Thus Am I Slayn (TIME, April 5, 1948), Author Clewes flashed his talent but failed to make his meanings clear. In this book his pitch is plain. But it is possible to praise him and still raise the question that a lot of gifted minor English writers prompt: Why doesn't he tackle something bigger...
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