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title: 'The Vicissitudes of a Palace'
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authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr.'
date: 1887-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 16'
- 'Luke 12'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1887-the-vicissitudes-of-a-palace
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# The Vicissitudes of a Palace

Essay traces how critics shaped Alfred Tennyson's development and revisions of 'The Palace of Art,' highlighting shifts from aesthetic isolation to broader moral sympathy.

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