John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 40
... poet " is not tied to a bare representation of what is true . " Rather he is expected to be reckless . Poets , like ... Poetic License in 1677. He quoted Longinus on the mean- ness of a poet who will shun profuseness and write parsi- 1 ...
... poet " is not tied to a bare representation of what is true . " Rather he is expected to be reckless . Poets , like ... Poetic License in 1677. He quoted Longinus on the mean- ness of a poet who will shun profuseness and write parsi- 1 ...
Page 46
... poet and the orator they were able to offer to the poet handsome if questionable assistance . Poetry in Europe did not ... poetic " style was created . Poets called themselves " virtuosos . " The se- crets of individuality became obscure ...
... poet and the orator they were able to offer to the poet handsome if questionable assistance . Poetry in Europe did not ... poetic " style was created . Poets called themselves " virtuosos . " The se- crets of individuality became obscure ...
Page 253
... poet , as Lord Byron swears , then Dryden . was a very great poet . " Hazlitt , in his essay on Dryden and Pope , was no more inclined than Coleridge to credit either with essentially poetic powers , though as he surveyed them within ...
... poet , as Lord Byron swears , then Dryden . was a very great poet . " Hazlitt , in his essay on Dryden and Pope , was no more inclined than Coleridge to credit either with essentially poetic powers , though as he surveyed them within ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
Copyright | |
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