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3 Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today a There is only one way to start on this topic . And that is by ritually recalling a very famous passage of English criticism , John Dryden's Essay of Dramatic Poesy , at the point where ...
3 Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today a There is only one way to start on this topic . And that is by ritually recalling a very famous passage of English criticism , John Dryden's Essay of Dramatic Poesy , at the point where ...
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into other words by saying that Dante can do less harm to anyone trying to learn to write verse , than can Shakespeare . Most great English poets are inimitable in a way in which Dante was not . If you try to imitate Shakespeare you ...
into other words by saying that Dante can do less harm to anyone trying to learn to write verse , than can Shakespeare . Most great English poets are inimitable in a way in which Dante was not . If you try to imitate Shakespeare you ...
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Accordingly , in this wide perspective we see Shakespeare as representing an organic and mutually enhancing relation between the arts and society , such as we do not have and cannot hope for . In this wistful sense Shakespeare is indeed ...
Accordingly , in this wide perspective we see Shakespeare as representing an organic and mutually enhancing relation between the arts and society , such as we do not have and cannot hope for . In this wistful sense Shakespeare is indeed ...
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Contents
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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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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