Poets and PuritansRoutledge, 2020 M11 5 - 336 pages Originally published in 1915, the essays in this book deal with 9 English writers – as diverse in outlook and temperament as Bunyan and Boswell; poets and Puritans and men who were neither. The book examines each writer in his historical and social context – facing problems in art or religion and life in general. |
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... nature good; That is a signe to know the gentle blood. (H. Beautie, 134.) 2 This is what the poets feel about their work. The pleasure which it produces is no trivial thing—it is, as Wordsworth said, 1 “ an acknowledgment of the beauty ...
... nature good; That is a signe to know the gentle blood. (H. Beautie, 134.) 2 This is what the poets feel about their work. The pleasure which it produces is no trivial thing—it is, as Wordsworth said, 1 “ an acknowledgment of the beauty ...
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... of theyr tunes.” A close study of Plato, probably in Greek, certainly in the commentary of Ficino, left on him the deep impress that Plato must always make on sensitive natures.2 1 2 R. W. Church, Spenser, p. 25. Thomas Cartwright.
... of theyr tunes.” A close study of Plato, probably in Greek, certainly in the commentary of Ficino, left on him the deep impress that Plato must always make on sensitive natures.2 1 2 R. W. Church, Spenser, p. 25. Thomas Cartwright.
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... nature of the Roman Church, and here again Spenser stood with his countrymen. Another characteristic feature of the time meets us when Sir Arthegall, the Knight of Justice, comes upon the “mighty Gyant” with “an huge great paire of bal ...
... nature of the Roman Church, and here again Spenser stood with his countrymen. Another characteristic feature of the time meets us when Sir Arthegall, the Knight of Justice, comes upon the “mighty Gyant” with “an huge great paire of bal ...
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... Nature doth her beautify, And decks the girlonds of her Paramoures, Are fetcht: there is the first seminary Of all things that are born to live and dye. “ Old Genius “is its porter, thronged by souls asking for bodies. Infinite shapes ...
... Nature doth her beautify, And decks the girlonds of her Paramoures, Are fetcht: there is the first seminary Of all things that are born to live and dye. “ Old Genius “is its porter, thronged by souls asking for bodies. Infinite shapes ...
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... nature, as full of generous impulse as of genial humour. Cf. J. S. Harrison, Platonism in English Poetry, pp. 210-216. Don Quixote, Part I. ch. 1. Don Quixote, Part II. ch. 18. Cf. F. Q., iii. 2,13,14. The old stories kept their charm ...
... nature, as full of generous impulse as of genial humour. Cf. J. S. Harrison, Platonism in English Poetry, pp. 210-216. Don Quixote, Part I. ch. 1. Don Quixote, Part II. ch. 18. Cf. F. Q., iii. 2,13,14. The old stories kept their charm ...
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Account of Corsica Aldeburgh allegory Areopagitica beauty Boswell Boswell’s Bunyan called Cambridge Carlyle Carlyle’s Christian Church Church of England Coleridge Corsica Cowper Crabbe Crabbe’s criticism Cromwell death doth Dr Johnson England English eternal Evelyn experience eyes Faerie Queene fancy father feeling French Revolution George Crabbe George Fox God’s happy hath heart Heaven Hebrides Heroes Horace Walpole human humour imagination King knew Knight Lady Hesketh later Letter to Temple liberty lived London look Lord Lyrical Ballads man’s marriage Milton mind nature never Olney once Paoli Paradise Lost passage Pepys perhaps Pilgrim’s Progress Plato poem poet poet’s poetry poor Prelude Prose reader religion says seems sense soul Spenser spirit story strange talk tells things thou thought true truth Unwin verse wonder words Wordsworth writes wrote young