Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1756 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Two Documents, One Band
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The idea
Pope's definition of wit and the Advertisement's account of experiments are the band's own statements of its two positions. Neither is a critic's later summary. Where a period explains itself in print, that is better evidence than any characterisation of it.
In practice
The band explains itself in print.
Where people slip
Better than a later summary.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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