A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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... moral aspiration in poetry , he must have some share in the peace and width of the divine mind , in the divine wisdom and strength . The notion of the ' pregnant Abyss ' , with its suggestion of the analogy between the darkness of the ...
... moral aspiration in poetry , he must have some share in the peace and width of the divine mind , in the divine wisdom and strength . The notion of the ' pregnant Abyss ' , with its suggestion of the analogy between the darkness of the ...
Page 181
... moral standards ; for unless we are already willing to accept Milton's moral mysticism , either permanently or temporarily , we are unlikely to understand him . Poetry written in an age very different or distant from our own requires us ...
... moral standards ; for unless we are already willing to accept Milton's moral mysticism , either permanently or temporarily , we are unlikely to understand him . Poetry written in an age very different or distant from our own requires us ...
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... moral character , which Bunyan's novel might have taught his first distin- guished successor ; as slight compensation they possess the accuracy of detail which commands attention though it cannot replace moral evaluation . Badman's end ...
... moral character , which Bunyan's novel might have taught his first distin- guished successor ; as slight compensation they possess the accuracy of detail which commands attention though it cannot replace moral evaluation . Badman's end ...
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