Life in English Literature: An Introduction for Beginners, Volumes 1-3Methuen, 1949 - 535 pages |
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Page 71
... poets recognised this new spirit in his work , and acclaimed him as their leader . He has always made a special appeal to poets . He set out with deliberate care to change the style and the language of English poetry , and he succeeded ...
... poets recognised this new spirit in his work , and acclaimed him as their leader . He has always made a special appeal to poets . He set out with deliberate care to change the style and the language of English poetry , and he succeeded ...
Page 175
... poetry , proud , later , to be a servant of his country : and proud at last to be a great servant of God , singing His praise in Paradise Lost , an epic whose aim was no less than " to justify the ways of God to Man . ” Milton knew from ...
... poetry , proud , later , to be a servant of his country : and proud at last to be a great servant of God , singing His praise in Paradise Lost , an epic whose aim was no less than " to justify the ways of God to Man . ” Milton knew from ...
Page 307
... poetry as a thing in itself . For him , it was a part of the ordinary world , and therefore subject to ordinary beliefs and prejudices . He would not have understood the claim that the world of poetry is a world apart . Thus his ...
... poetry as a thing in itself . For him , it was a part of the ordinary world , and therefore subject to ordinary beliefs and prejudices . He would not have understood the claim that the world of poetry is a world apart . Thus his ...
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