Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... Preface is to define and defend a par- ticular rhetoric : to assert ( the poetic value of " a selection of the real ... Preface to Shakespeare ( Raleigh , p . 9 ) . Simi- larly Blair , I , 40 ; III , 5-6 . " Norwe will ensure that his ...
... Preface is to define and defend a par- ticular rhetoric : to assert ( the poetic value of " a selection of the real ... Preface to Shakespeare ( Raleigh , p . 9 ) . Simi- larly Blair , I , 40 ; III , 5-6 . " Norwe will ensure that his ...
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... Preface , these ideas are conveyed in a passage ( 316 ff . , and especially 336-67 ) which describes the activity of the poet when he attempts dramatic poetry . This passage we shall analyse later ; here it is worth noting that , in so ...
... Preface , these ideas are conveyed in a passage ( 316 ff . , and especially 336-67 ) which describes the activity of the poet when he attempts dramatic poetry . This passage we shall analyse later ; here it is worth noting that , in so ...
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... Preface , 16. So below , 71 , " language " is replaced by " diction " = " the manner in which anything is expressed in words " ( O. E. D. , sense 4 ) . 58-64 . Cf. Preface , 50-77 , 274-7 , 478–80 . 65-66 . Abuses ... to another ] Some ...
... Preface , 16. So below , 71 , " language " is replaced by " diction " = " the manner in which anything is expressed in words " ( O. E. D. , sense 4 ) . 58-64 . Cf. Preface , 50-77 , 274-7 , 478–80 . 65-66 . Abuses ... to another ] Some ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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