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... poetic effects be attained . And so , once again , he may take the position that , whatever Ralegh's ultimate ... poetic effects by breaking or abrogating syntac- tical laws . There seems to me no doubt that Ralegh is a poet of the first ...
... poetic effects be attained . And so , once again , he may take the position that , whatever Ralegh's ultimate ... poetic effects by breaking or abrogating syntac- tical laws . There seems to me no doubt that Ralegh is a poet of the first ...
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... poetic influence of Isaac Newton ; we have to think that the poets went calamitously wrong precisely where they were most hopeful – in supposing ' the interests of poetry and natural philo- sophy ' ( that is natural science ) ' to be ...
... poetic influence of Isaac Newton ; we have to think that the poets went calamitously wrong precisely where they were most hopeful – in supposing ' the interests of poetry and natural philo- sophy ' ( that is natural science ) ' to be ...
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... poetic can afford to accept his civil compromise . For such a devotee of poetry ( a term which , as Professor Oakeshott uses it , comprehends all literature and all the finer arts ) , it is essential to maintain that the poetic activity ...
... poetic can afford to accept his civil compromise . For such a devotee of poetry ( a term which , as Professor Oakeshott uses it , comprehends all literature and all the finer arts ) , it is essential to maintain that the poetic activity ...
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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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