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It assumes that we are somehow dissatisfied with what 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 assumes that we are somehow dissatisfied with what 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 .
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This brings us to the same point as Marjorie Nicolson's research into the poetic influence of Isaac Newton ; we have to ... of poetry and natural philosophy ' ( that is natural science ) ' to be the same in many important respects ' .
This brings us to the same point as Marjorie Nicolson's research into the poetic influence of Isaac Newton ; we have to ... of poetry and natural philosophy ' ( that is natural science ) ' to be the same in many important respects ' .
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Moreover poetic theory is one thing , writing poems is something else . ... ( Not all poets and readers of poetry do hold this some will explicitly prefer a warm damp muddle to a hard dry clarity ; and to them I have nothing to say . ) ...
Moreover poetic theory is one thing , writing poems is something else . ... ( Not all poets and readers of poetry do hold this some will explicitly prefer a warm damp muddle to a hard dry clarity ; and to them I have nothing to say . ) ...
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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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