English Poetry of the Mid and Late Eighteenth Century: An Historical AnthologyRicardo Quintana, Alvin Whitley |
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... metaphysical poets , his discussion remains the locus classicus which we can modify as we choose . Modern definitions have added or redefined various elements and qualities : a philosophic consciousness ; the fusion of thought and ...
... metaphysical poets , his discussion remains the locus classicus which we can modify as we choose . Modern definitions have added or redefined various elements and qualities : a philosophic consciousness ; the fusion of thought and ...
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... metaphysical wit condenses a life of conflict , and its reward , into the brief , homely , and tremendous image of the last lines . But unity and simplicity do not exclude potent ambiguity . At the end of The Collar , when the poet ...
... metaphysical wit condenses a life of conflict , and its reward , into the brief , homely , and tremendous image of the last lines . But unity and simplicity do not exclude potent ambiguity . At the end of The Collar , when the poet ...
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... metaphysical influence though we might ask , for instance , if ' Himself is his own dungeon ' ( Comus , line 385 ) is less 1 metaphysical than Marvell's ' mine own precipice I go ' . He conceived of poetry as ' more simple , sensu- ous ...
... metaphysical influence though we might ask , for instance , if ' Himself is his own dungeon ' ( Comus , line 385 ) is less 1 metaphysical than Marvell's ' mine own precipice I go ' . He conceived of poetry as ' more simple , sensu- ous ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES | 1 |
THE RENAISSANCE | 21 |
THE AGE OF REASON AND SENSIBILITY | 80 |
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