Thomas GrayTwayne Publishers, 1988 - 156 pages Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Thomas Gray. |
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... harmony , preferring his " Bard " to his " Progress of Poesy " on the ground that the latter has no " Tout - Ensemble " ( C , 2 : 503-4 ) . On his European tour , he complains that Andrea del Sarto's " Disputation on the Trinity " is ...
... harmony , preferring his " Bard " to his " Progress of Poesy " on the ground that the latter has no " Tout - Ensemble " ( C , 2 : 503-4 ) . On his European tour , he complains that Andrea del Sarto's " Disputation on the Trinity " is ...
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... harmony of sound , is in its nature superior to every other style " ( C , 2 : 608 ) . The ornaments , the height- ening , and the harmony in general fit with the theorizing and , for that matter , with the underlying wishes of his ...
... harmony of sound , is in its nature superior to every other style " ( C , 2 : 608 ) . The ornaments , the height- ening , and the harmony in general fit with the theorizing and , for that matter , with the underlying wishes of his ...
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... harmony of numbers , and an enthusiasm that hurries the reader along with him . " Still , like Gray himself , he prefers the Bard , and if he were not afraid of being pompous , " We should say that it contains all the species of ...
... harmony of numbers , and an enthusiasm that hurries the reader along with him . " Still , like Gray himself , he prefers the Bard , and if he were not afraid of being pompous , " We should say that it contains all the species of ...
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References to this book
L'aube de la modernité 1680-1760 Peter-Eckhard Knabe,Roland Mortier,François Moureau Limited preview - 2002 |
The Poet Without a Name: Gray's Elegy and the Problem of History Henry Weinfield No preview available - 1991 |