A Critical History of English Literature. -, Volume 2Ronald Press Company, 1960 - English literature |
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... literary forms . His " Kilmeny " is a well - known fairy piece which , though it begins with an intriguing lilt , cannot sustain its music or come to adequate poetic terms with its theme . Hogg boasted to Scott that whereas Scott was ...
... literary forms . His " Kilmeny " is a well - known fairy piece which , though it begins with an intriguing lilt , cannot sustain its music or come to adequate poetic terms with its theme . Hogg boasted to Scott that whereas Scott was ...
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... literary sympathies and the release of emotional excitement for which both the older and the younger generation of Romantic poets were re- sponsible ; but he remained outside any literary party . His prose style combines ease and ...
... literary sympathies and the release of emotional excitement for which both the older and the younger generation of Romantic poets were re- sponsible ; but he remained outside any literary party . His prose style combines ease and ...
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... literary critic is thus no dilettante or optional luxury in a civilization : he is , or ought to be , one of its mainstays , perhaps indeed its high priest . Further , the ability to criticize poetry properly is bound up with a sense of ...
... literary critic is thus no dilettante or optional luxury in a civilization : he is , or ought to be , one of its mainstays , perhaps indeed its high priest . Further , the ability to criticize poetry properly is bound up with a sense of ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 537 |
POETRY FROM THOMSON TO CRABBE | 590 |
THE NOVEL FROM RICHARDSON TO JANE AUSTEN | 700 |
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