Seventeenth-century English Poetry: Modern Essays in CriticismWilliam R. Keast Oxford University Press, 1962 - 434 pages |
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Page 98
... literary values which it does not deserve . Donne's rejection of the obviously poetical image was a good method- for Donne ; but if we think that there is some intrinsic superiority in this method , so that all poetry about pylons and ...
... literary values which it does not deserve . Donne's rejection of the obviously poetical image was a good method- for Donne ; but if we think that there is some intrinsic superiority in this method , so that all poetry about pylons and ...
Page 179
... literary activities his lyrical poetry has had least critical attention paid to it . The lavish encomiums of the seventeenth century , since they are themselves lyrical in form , are perhaps of doubtful validity as criticism . Shirley ...
... literary activities his lyrical poetry has had least critical attention paid to it . The lavish encomiums of the seventeenth century , since they are themselves lyrical in form , are perhaps of doubtful validity as criticism . Shirley ...
Page 377
... literary contraries - he was learning to speak to them with directness and ease in his pro- logues and epilogues . Here he acquired his mastery of more varied tones ; and here " the great reform " of language and rhythm was most happily ...
... literary contraries - he was learning to speak to them with directness and ease in his pro- logues and epilogues . Here he acquired his mastery of more varied tones ; and here " the great reform " of language and rhythm was most happily ...
Contents
H J C GRIERSON Metaphysical Poetry 3 | 22 |
F R LEAVIS The Line of Wit | 31 |
HELEN GARDNER The Metaphysical Poets | 50 |
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