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Moreover , if we have encountered a certain longueur some twothirds of the way through , we are reconcilded to the poem by some astonishing triumphs in the last pages : Butt what of thos , or thes , or what of ought Of that which was ...
Moreover , if we have encountered a certain longueur some twothirds of the way through , we are reconcilded to the poem by some astonishing triumphs in the last pages : Butt what of thos , or thes , or what of ought Of that which was ...
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whether intentional or not – that it is hard to make useful divisions of the poem into sections any further ' ( though I suspect we are by this time formulating our own ideas about ' whether intentional or not ' ) .
whether intentional or not – that it is hard to make useful divisions of the poem into sections any further ' ( though I suspect we are by this time formulating our own ideas about ' whether intentional or not ' ) .
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can my objections stand as a valid criticism of the poem . I think this can be shown . For if the lesson to be drawn is as straightforward as this , if supernatural guidance in human life is no more of a mystery than the migratory ...
can my objections stand as a valid criticism of the poem . I think this can be shown . For if the lesson to be drawn is as straightforward as this , if supernatural guidance in human life is no more of a mystery than the migratory ...
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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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