Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... verse during their eve- nings at home with their families . And yet . . . Mr. Cowley's reprinting of the 1855 Leaves of Grass is not only an act of sound scholarship ; it is also an act of living poetry . I am sure that Mr. Cowley felt ...
... verse during their eve- nings at home with their families . And yet . . . Mr. Cowley's reprinting of the 1855 Leaves of Grass is not only an act of sound scholarship ; it is also an act of living poetry . I am sure that Mr. Cowley felt ...
Page 225
... verse . " Nevertheless , he likes parodies . He likes silly songs . I think what he really objects to is triviality and superficiality . I feel that a great deal of what you have to call light verse is very beautiful and very exciting ...
... verse . " Nevertheless , he likes parodies . He likes silly songs . I think what he really objects to is triviality and superficiality . I feel that a great deal of what you have to call light verse is very beautiful and very exciting ...
Page 264
... verse without the depths of wit and passionate thought which sometimes ( as in the case of Swift ) raise light verse into thrilling poetry . It distresses me to say that I found the book badly cluttered by exhausted sub- jects ...
... verse without the depths of wit and passionate thought which sometimes ( as in the case of Swift ) raise light verse into thrilling poetry . It distresses me to say that I found the book badly cluttered by exhausted sub- jects ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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