To the Palace of Wisdom: Studies in Order and Energy from Dryden to BlakeAnchor Books, 1964 - 468 pages |
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Page 417
... energy in all its forms : " The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction . " " The cistern contains ... energy immanent within the temporal world that gives the Proverbs their direction- they are counsels of transcendence ...
... energy in all its forms : " The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction . " " The cistern contains ... energy immanent within the temporal world that gives the Proverbs their direction- they are counsels of transcendence ...
Page 424
... Energy , Love and Hate , are necessary to Human existence . " Yet as soon as the idea of rational order appears , it is reduced to " the cunning of weak and tame minds which have the power to resist energy . " As pruning fosters the ...
... Energy , Love and Hate , are necessary to Human existence . " Yet as soon as the idea of rational order appears , it is reduced to " the cunning of weak and tame minds which have the power to resist energy . " As pruning fosters the ...
Page 436
... energy different from , but no less important than , that of Dulness ' unconscious and instinctive force . Much of the treatment of Dulness dramatizes the loss of this energy of mind . She is the mistress of the great yawn , the creator ...
... energy different from , but no less important than , that of Dulness ' unconscious and instinctive force . Much of the treatment of Dulness dramatizes the loss of this energy of mind . She is the mistress of the great yawn , the creator ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
DRYDEN AND DIALECTIC | 28 |
ORDER AND LIBERTY | 79 |
Copyright | |
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