The College Survey of English Literature ...: The romantic period. The Victorian period. The contemporary periodBartlett Jere Whiting, Fred Benjamin Millett Harcourt, Brace, 1942 |
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... poet he completed what the eighteenth century had begun , with the accent of his own personality and with the stress of his age . And more than any other poet he determined the character of nineteenth - century poetry . He is the key to ...
... poet he completed what the eighteenth century had begun , with the accent of his own personality and with the stress of his age . And more than any other poet he determined the character of nineteenth - century poetry . He is the key to ...
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... Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society , as it is spread over the whole earth , and over all time . The objects of the Poet's thoughts are everywhere ; though the eyes and senses of man are , it is ...
... Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society , as it is spread over the whole earth , and over all time . The objects of the Poet's thoughts are everywhere ; though the eyes and senses of man are , it is ...
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... Poet speaks to us in his own person and character . To this I answer by referring the Reader to the de- scription before given of a Poet . Among the qualities is usually called POETIC DICTION , arbitrary , and sub- ject to infinite ...
... Poet speaks to us in his own person and character . To this I answer by referring the Reader to the de- scription before given of a Poet . Among the qualities is usually called POETIC DICTION , arbitrary , and sub- ject to infinite ...
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