A Guide to English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, 1964 |
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Page 168
... moral teacher , but the extent to which theology and morality are transmuted into poetry . But no estimate of his poetry can be arrived at in complete abstraction from the discussion of his doctrinal content ; the way in which his words ...
... moral teacher , but the extent to which theology and morality are transmuted into poetry . But no estimate of his poetry can be arrived at in complete abstraction from the discussion of his doctrinal content ; the way in which his words ...
Page 171
... 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 173
... 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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