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egoist

[ee-goh-ist, eg-oh-] / ˈi goʊ ɪst, ˈɛg oʊ- /


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The essay appeared in the September and December, 1919, issues of The Egoist, the London-based little magazine for which Eliot had been serving as an assistant editor since June, 1917.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 27, 2019

Not many could have been disappointed at the announcement: The Egoist, by its end, boasted a print run of just four hundred, and a mere forty-five subscribers.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 27, 2019

The Egoist carried a subtitle, “An Individualist Review”; in its pages, Eliot seeks to put individualism in its place.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 27, 2019

In 1922, to assure him complete peace of mind and concentration on his work, Egoist Weaver gave him a large sum of money outright.

From Time Magazine Archive

That "The Egoist" is typical—in a sense, most typical of the fictions,—is very true.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard




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