Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 - American Poetry (Collections) |
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Page xv
... Poetry to him was neither an amusing activ- ity nor the job for which he happened to be qualified , but the most sacred of all human activities . To become a great poet was to become not only superior to other poets but superior to all ...
... Poetry to him was neither an amusing activ- ity nor the job for which he happened to be qualified , but the most sacred of all human activities . To become a great poet was to become not only superior to other poets but superior to all ...
Page xvi
... poets . An idiosyncratic style , when it carries the authority of a great poet , is a danger to his successors , and in Mil- ton's case particularly so . The most obvious characteris- tic of his style is its uninterrupted grandeur ...
... poets . An idiosyncratic style , when it carries the authority of a great poet , is a danger to his successors , and in Mil- ton's case particularly so . The most obvious characteris- tic of his style is its uninterrupted grandeur ...
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... poetry , perhaps the greatest kinds . This does not mean , however , that it is of no use to poets or that the poetry written from it cannot be of a high order . Indeed , there is a good deal to be said for its aesthetic as a practical ...
... poetry , perhaps the greatest kinds . This does not mean , however , that it is of no use to poets or that the poetry written from it cannot be of a high order . Indeed , there is a good deal to be said for its aesthetic as a practical ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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