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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... person he was , there is not a lot more to go on a handful of personal tributes , that's all . It's remarkable , though , that these tributes come from three men who were by com- mon consent among the greatest minds of their age : from ...
... person he was , there is not a lot more to go on a handful of personal tributes , that's all . It's remarkable , though , that these tributes come from three men who were by com- mon consent among the greatest minds of their age : from ...
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... persons indeed capable of relishing Homer . He is the best poet that ever lived for many reasons , but for none more than for that majestic plainness that distinguishes him from all others . As an accomplished person moves gracefully ...
... persons indeed capable of relishing Homer . He is the best poet that ever lived for many reasons , but for none more than for that majestic plainness that distinguishes him from all others . As an accomplished person moves gracefully ...
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... person , that person dies ? 2 Coleridge , Letters , ed . E.H. Coleridge ( London , 1895 ) , p.295 ( 6 May 1799 ) . poem about Lucy turns once again upon the central theme 262 Older Masters.
... person , that person dies ? 2 Coleridge , Letters , ed . E.H. Coleridge ( London , 1895 ) , p.295 ( 6 May 1799 ) . poem about Lucy turns once again upon the central theme 262 Older Masters.
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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