Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American LiteratureTo mark his seventieth birthday, Continuum published some of the critical writings of the man whom the London Times hailed as, "the preeminent English poet-critic of our time". |
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... English poet could think Dante greater than Chaucer , except in despair of English " ? So that we can be done with the ' English tradition ' part of the title , and turn to what is more sensible and useful , Robinson's thoughts about ...
... English poet could think Dante greater than Chaucer , except in despair of English " ? So that we can be done with the ' English tradition ' part of the title , and turn to what is more sensible and useful , Robinson's thoughts about ...
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... English Enlightenment ? And when did it happen ? English students of English literature sel- dom ask these questions , let alone answer them . The questions crop up only when , as too seldom happens , we try to see our native literature ...
... English Enlightenment ? And when did it happen ? English students of English literature sel- dom ask these questions , let alone answer them . The questions crop up only when , as too seldom happens , we try to see our native literature ...
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... English strength - lying beyond the scope of the poet who aimed to make English as like Italian as possible ' . No one seems to have asked whether the phrase ' native English strength ' , so plainly offered as commendation , did not ...
... English strength - lying beyond the scope of the poet who aimed to make English as like Italian as possible ' . No one seems to have asked whether the phrase ' native English strength ' , so plainly offered as commendation , did not ...
Contents
Contents 1 Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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