The Poetry of Abraham CowleyMacmillan, 1979 - 162 pages |
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... context rather than in literary tradition , the enigmatic code of its allusions deciphered , the poem will supposedly come into its own . Such historicist readings have , in some cases , been conducted brilliantly and proved ...
... context rather than in literary tradition , the enigmatic code of its allusions deciphered , the poem will supposedly come into its own . Such historicist readings have , in some cases , been conducted brilliantly and proved ...
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... context . He ' gave voice ' , as Bowra says , to traditional and accepted truths , and his function , like any exponent of ' locution- ary truth ' , was to reconcile his audience to their place in the order of things . But Cowley's ...
... context . He ' gave voice ' , as Bowra says , to traditional and accepted truths , and his function , like any exponent of ' locution- ary truth ' , was to reconcile his audience to their place in the order of things . But Cowley's ...
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... context for his praise , lift- ing it above the level of mere opinion or personal regard . Stanzas 2-4 provide this context , placing Hobbes's work within a myth- ology of ' intellectual revolution ' . Stanza 2 is a kind of ' pro- gress ...
... context for his praise , lift- ing it above the level of mere opinion or personal regard . Stanzas 2-4 provide this context , placing Hobbes's work within a myth- ology of ' intellectual revolution ' . Stanza 2 is a kind of ' pro- gress ...
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