American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is Yes , that was the ... POETIC PRINCIPLE 457 "The Battlefield" 411 "The Poetic Principle"
... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is Yes , that was the ... POETIC PRINCIPLE 457 "The Battlefield" 411 "The Poetic Principle"
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... poem simply for the poem's sake , and to acknowledge such to have been our design , would be to confess our- selves radically wanting in the true Poetic dignity and force : -but the simple fact is , that would we but permit ourselves to ...
... poem simply for the poem's sake , and to acknowledge such to have been our design , would be to confess our- selves radically wanting in the true Poetic dignity and force : -but the simple fact is , that would we but permit ourselves to ...
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... poem is such , only in- asmuch as it intensely excites , by elevating , the soul ; and all intense excitements are ... poem . Within this limit , the extent of a poem may be made to bear mathematical relation to its merit - in other ...
... poem is such , only in- asmuch as it intensely excites , by elevating , the soul ; and all intense excitements are ... poem . Within this limit , the extent of a poem may be made to bear mathematical relation to its merit - in other ...
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| Title | American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the present Volume 1 of American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Author | John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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