A Critical History of English Literature. -, Volume 2Ronald Press Company, 1960 - English literature |
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... narrative poems - The Lay of the Last Minstrel ( 1805 ) , Marmion ( 1808 ) , The Lady of the Lake ( 1810 ) , Rokeby ( 1813 ) , and others . The first of these shows the influence in its rhythms of Coleridge's Christabel , but it soon ...
... narrative poems - The Lay of the Last Minstrel ( 1805 ) , Marmion ( 1808 ) , The Lady of the Lake ( 1810 ) , Rokeby ( 1813 ) , and others . The first of these shows the influence in its rhythms of Coleridge's Christabel , but it soon ...
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... narratives themselves are studiedly objective , and this adds to their vigor ; but Scott developed the habit of ... narrative poems and in a greater degree in the songs he introduced into his novels . Some of these show clearly the ...
... narratives themselves are studiedly objective , and this adds to their vigor ; but Scott developed the habit of ... narrative poems and in a greater degree in the songs he introduced into his novels . Some of these show clearly the ...
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... narrative poetry was particularly suited to Wordsworth's genius ; when he tried narrative of any length without the personal element , the result , though inter- esting and sometimes impressive in its own way , was of a lower order of ...
... narrative poetry was particularly suited to Wordsworth's genius ; when he tried narrative of any length without the personal element , the result , though inter- esting and sometimes impressive in its own way , was of a lower order of ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 537 |
POETRY FROM THOMSON TO CRABBE | 590 |
THE NOVEL FROM RICHARDSON TO JANE AUSTEN | 700 |
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