Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American LiteratureDonald Davie's major essays on British and American writers from Chaucer to Browning. |
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... poetry we have from this period ; for such poetry as we have does its best with the materials and in the conditions Professor Brett thinks so unsuitable . It follows from his argument that there must be some- thing wrong with this poetry ...
... poetry we have from this period ; for such poetry as we have does its best with the materials and in the conditions Professor Brett thinks so unsuitable . It follows from his argument that there must be some- thing wrong with this poetry ...
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... Poetry . The argument of this massive and learned study is summarized as follows ( p.88 ) : It may very well be that many poets [ i.e. of the eighteenth century ] accepted the idea of a conventional language for poetry because they ...
... Poetry . The argument of this massive and learned study is summarized as follows ( p.88 ) : It may very well be that many poets [ i.e. of the eighteenth century ] accepted the idea of a conventional language for poetry because they ...
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... poetry , including the poetry of Williams . All the same a false poetic theory does take its toll in the long run . We have to believe this if we hold it as an act of faith that muddle is worse than clarity . ( Not all poets and readers of ...
... poetry , including the poetry of Williams . All the same a false poetic theory does take its toll in the long run . We have to believe this if we hold it as an act of faith that muddle is worse than clarity . ( Not all poets and readers of ...
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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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