The Critical Temper: From Milton to Romantic literatureMartin Tucker |
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... poetry become something else . In that happy age it did not occur to him to enquire what poetry was for , how it affected the nerves of listeners , how it sublimated the wishes of the poet , whom it should satisfy , and all the other ...
... poetry become something else . In that happy age it did not occur to him to enquire what poetry was for , how it affected the nerves of listeners , how it sublimated the wishes of the poet , whom it should satisfy , and all the other ...
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... poetry . Whatever poetry has the truth and beauty to live beyond its own time establishes a place for itself in the line of tradition . Donne , Milton , and Dryden are the three great poets of the seventeenth century . In what way is ...
... poetry . Whatever poetry has the truth and beauty to live beyond its own time establishes a place for itself in the line of tradition . Donne , Milton , and Dryden are the three great poets of the seventeenth century . In what way is ...
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... Poetry and the Use of Criticism ( London : Faber and Faber , 1955 ) , pp . 88-89 My first concern must be to vindicate the high value of Shelley's poetry . It is curious that all these detractors of the poetry make vague but generous ...
... Poetry and the Use of Criticism ( London : Faber and Faber , 1955 ) , pp . 88-89 My first concern must be to vindicate the high value of Shelley's poetry . It is curious that all these detractors of the poetry make vague but generous ...
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Joseph Addison 16721719 | 3 |
John Bunyan 16281688 | 9 |
Robert Burns 17591796 | 15 |
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