The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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Page cxii
... poem contains beauties of the highest order is made subject to a pragmatic test . In the average sort of poem , where genius does not blind us to the author's weaknesses , we must weigh the beauties against the faults . But how can the ...
... poem contains beauties of the highest order is made subject to a pragmatic test . In the average sort of poem , where genius does not blind us to the author's weaknesses , we must weigh the beauties against the faults . But how can the ...
Page 113
... Poem is to make , ought to be made at the end of it , the reigning Passion of that Poem ought to pre- dominate most there . As therefore Terrour and Compassion ought to be most ... Poem should not appear 17 On the Moral of an Epick Poem 113.
... Poem is to make , ought to be made at the end of it , the reigning Passion of that Poem ought to pre- dominate most there . As therefore Terrour and Compassion ought to be most ... Poem should not appear 17 On the Moral of an Epick Poem 113.
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... Poem , whether Serious and Real , or Mock and Ridiculous , ought to be ; and then whether P's Proposition is agreeable to it . The Proposition of an Epick Poem , says Bossu , is that first Part of the Poem , in which the Author proposes ...
... Poem , whether Serious and Real , or Mock and Ridiculous , ought to be ; and then whether P's Proposition is agreeable to it . The Proposition of an Epick Poem , says Bossu , is that first Part of the Poem , in which the Author proposes ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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