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.
bring detail entertain
Carl Clinton Van Doren
These are some quotes by American author Carl Clinton Van Doren Critic, who lived between September 10, 1885 and July 18, 1950.
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