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their interpretation of following Nature , according as some take it to mean making Nature stand out in clean unfettered lines , by cleaning her of individual accidents and generalizing the instance , while others , notably Neander ...
their interpretation of following Nature , according as some take it to mean making Nature stand out in clean unfettered lines , by cleaning her of individual accidents and generalizing the instance , while others , notably Neander ...
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But as De Quincey says , it is only a particular instance of something that is generally true of Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads , in which ' joy that is ebullient ' is constantly being ' overgloomed by memories of sorrow ' .
But as De Quincey says , it is only a particular instance of something that is generally true of Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads , in which ' joy that is ebullient ' is constantly being ' overgloomed by memories of sorrow ' .
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Is this a particular instance of the all too well attested English preference for the amateurish over the professional ? Perhaps not . All the same , Bayley's criticism has been credited with showing how ' imperfection , awkwardness ...
Is this a particular instance of the all too well attested English preference for the amateurish over the professional ? Perhaps not . All the same , Bayley's criticism has been credited with showing how ' imperfection , awkwardness ...
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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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