A Guide to English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, 1964 |
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... kind of literature was written in this period ? ' , ' Which authors matter most ? ' , ' Where does the strength of the period lie ? ' . ( iii ) Detailed studies of some of the chief writers and works in the period . Coming after the ...
... kind of literature was written in this period ? ' , ' Which authors matter most ? ' , ' Where does the strength of the period lie ? ' . ( iii ) Detailed studies of some of the chief writers and works in the period . Coming after the ...
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... kind of condensed poetic vitality , in packing so much meaning into a short passage that the poetic life survives when the phrase is separated from the total work of art to which in Shakespeare and Pope it is usually subordinated ...
... kind of condensed poetic vitality , in packing so much meaning into a short passage that the poetic life survives when the phrase is separated from the total work of art to which in Shakespeare and Pope it is usually subordinated ...
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... kind of Metaphysical poetry that the gentleman in the coffee - house and the eighteenth - century common reader could enjoy without undue effort . As Coleridge said , he was a very fanciful poet . In his own way Cowley has notable ...
... kind of Metaphysical poetry that the gentleman in the coffee - house and the eighteenth - century common reader could enjoy without undue effort . As Coleridge said , he was a very fanciful poet . In his own way Cowley has notable ...
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