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But of course Kenner's cross - reference to Blake's ' wiry bounding line ' suggests precisely a ' criticism of life ' , one that Blake and Pound and Arnaut concur in ( as does Lawrence , incidentally , when he objects to Whitman's ...
But of course Kenner's cross - reference to Blake's ' wiry bounding line ' suggests precisely a ' criticism of life ' , one that Blake and Pound and Arnaut concur in ( as does Lawrence , incidentally , when he objects to Whitman's ...
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7 Dramatic Poetry : Dryden's Conversation - Piece For all the syllabus - makers may say , the Essay of Dramatic Poesy is not a masterpiece of our criticism . Its strongest claim on our attention is not as criticism but as conversation ...
7 Dramatic Poetry : Dryden's Conversation - Piece For all the syllabus - makers may say , the Essay of Dramatic Poesy is not a masterpiece of our criticism . Its strongest claim on our attention is not as criticism but as conversation ...
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And this is borne out if we look at how modern criticism has dealt with ' The Eve of St Agnes ' . ... As with other narratives like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , modern critics find it hard to take Hunt's and not many us could 321 ...
And this is borne out if we look at how modern criticism has dealt with ' The Eve of St Agnes ' . ... As with other narratives like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , modern critics find it hard to take Hunt's and not many us could 321 ...
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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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