Poets of Sensibility and the SublimeHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1986 - 324 pages A collection of critical essays on English poetry during the Age of Sensibility and the Sublime, the half-century between the death of Alexander Pope in 1744 and the death of Robert Burns in 1796. |
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Page 116
... Bard , " he replied , " Why I felt myself the Bard ! " He may have meant this rejoinder more pointedly than has been realized ; I have tried , in any case , to bring into relief a pattern in “ The Bard ” that shows it to be a deadly ...
... Bard , " he replied , " Why I felt myself the Bard ! " He may have meant this rejoinder more pointedly than has been realized ; I have tried , in any case , to bring into relief a pattern in “ The Bard ” that shows it to be a deadly ...
Page 132
... Bard , " was completed in 1757 and published along with “ The Progress of Poesy . " " The Bard " was followed in 1761 by " The Fatal Sisters , " " The Descent of Odin , " and " The Welsh Odes . " because it prom- " The Bard " is ...
... Bard , " was completed in 1757 and published along with “ The Progress of Poesy . " " The Bard " was followed in 1761 by " The Fatal Sisters , " " The Descent of Odin , " and " The Welsh Odes . " because it prom- " The Bard " is ...
Page 135
... bard's prophecy . In this view , history is prophecy fulfilled , beyond revision or , to put it another way , history is death . All of this , especially the sense of history as death , encourages us to see in “ The Bard ” a dark ...
... bard's prophecy . In this view , history is prophecy fulfilled , beyond revision or , to put it another way , history is death . All of this , especially the sense of history as death , encourages us to see in “ The Bard ” a dark ...
Contents
False Themes and Gentle Minds | 19 |
Pictures and Powers | 31 |
Implications for Poetic Practice | 49 |
Copyright | |
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