Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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... pleasure , not truth ; to romance by having , for its object , an indefinite instead of a definite pleasure , being a poem only so far as this object is attained . " Poe's effort to charge every line with indefinite sensations ( " to ...
... pleasure , not truth ; to romance by having , for its object , an indefinite instead of a definite pleasure , being a poem only so far as this object is attained . " Poe's effort to charge every line with indefinite sensations ( " to ...
Page 52
... pleasure from the second . I dare say Milton preferred " Comus " to either — if so , justly . As I am speaking of ... pleasure ; therefore the end of instruc- tion should be pleasure ; yet we see the above - mentioned opinion im- plies ...
... pleasure from the second . I dare say Milton preferred " Comus " to either — if so , justly . As I am speaking of ... pleasure ; therefore the end of instruc- tion should be pleasure ; yet we see the above - mentioned opinion im- plies ...
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... pleasure , being a poem only so far as this object is attained : romance presenting perceptible images with definite ... pleasurable idea , is poetry : music , without the idea , is simply music : the idea , without the music , is prose ...
... pleasure , being a poem only so far as this object is attained : romance presenting perceptible images with definite ... pleasurable idea , is poetry : music , without the idea , is simply music : the idea , without the music , is prose ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
The Happiest Day the Happiest Hour | 21 |
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