Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pages |
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... poets able to immortalize England's heroes , but the poets at the turn of the century wrote about desire as much as about talent . Aaron Hill , for example , in Advice to the Poets , wrote that rather than be a great poet , he would ...
... poets able to immortalize England's heroes , but the poets at the turn of the century wrote about desire as much as about talent . Aaron Hill , for example , in Advice to the Poets , wrote that rather than be a great poet , he would ...
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... poets as " partaking of celestial fire " and as creators of gods . 8 These poets not only affirmed the traditional functions of public poetry , but they also saw the usefulness of poetry as a mode of discourse or even argument . Taught ...
... poets as " partaking of celestial fire " and as creators of gods . 8 These poets not only affirmed the traditional functions of public poetry , but they also saw the usefulness of poetry as a mode of discourse or even argument . Taught ...
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... poets who used their art to explain and to support the causes of their employers . Defoe's poetry has addi- tional interest because of the period during which he tried to win favor with Anne and overcome the stigma of being pilloried ...
... poets who used their art to explain and to support the causes of their employers . Defoe's poetry has addi- tional interest because of the period during which he tried to win favor with Anne and overcome the stigma of being pilloried ...
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