Essential Articles for the Study of John DrydenHugh Thomas Swedenberg Archon Books, 1966 - 587 pages |
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Page 119
... means con- -ducing to it . 18 This argument assumes that an art is a skill directed to some end and that the existence of an end implies some means of attaining it . Rules of poetic production , formulating the means appropriate to ...
... means con- -ducing to it . 18 This argument assumes that an art is a skill directed to some end and that the existence of an end implies some means of attaining it . Rules of poetic production , formulating the means appropriate to ...
Page 120
... means and without under- standing what he does . The good poet , on the other hand , is like the true physician : he understands the principles of his art , the reasons for what he does and the causes of his success . " What the one ...
... means and without under- standing what he does . The good poet , on the other hand , is like the true physician : he understands the principles of his art , the reasons for what he does and the causes of his success . " What the one ...
Page 121
... means , and criticism was sound when it judged the poet's performance by the appropriateness of these means to the chosen end . If poetry were not an art , there could be no such standards in criticism ; but , since it is an art , its ...
... means , and criticism was sound when it judged the poet's performance by the appropriateness of these means to the chosen end . If poetry were not an art , there could be no such standards in criticism ; but , since it is an art , its ...
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SAMUEL H MONK | 3 |
OSBORN | 18 |
Macdonalds Bibliography of Dryden | 54 |
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