The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1964 |
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... expression.170 He believed that the poet's thoughts produced the spirit , and the spirit in turn produced the expression . For that reason he defined genius not merely as the capacity for great conceptions but also the power of expressing ...
... expression.170 He believed that the poet's thoughts produced the spirit , and the spirit in turn produced the expression . For that reason he defined genius not merely as the capacity for great conceptions but also the power of expressing ...
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... Expression ; that a Sim- plicity of Expression is an Expression which is according to Nature , that is , an Expression proportion'd to the Ideas , as they are to the Things , and that consequently then the Expression in great Subjects ...
... Expression ; that a Sim- plicity of Expression is an Expression which is according to Nature , that is , an Expression proportion'd to the Ideas , as they are to the Things , and that consequently then the Expression in great Subjects ...
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John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. of Thought and Simplicity of Expression is nothing but such Thought and such Expression , as Nature in such and such Cases voluntarily suggests and dictates to us . La Troisieme qualité de la Diction ...
John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. of Thought and Simplicity of Expression is nothing but such Thought and such Expression , as Nature in such and such Cases voluntarily suggests and dictates to us . La Troisieme qualité de la Diction ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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