Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... arguments draw upon the same ideas as those which have been employed to defend his use of " the language of men " and " the ... argument on the possibility of permanent poetic appeal . It is commonly held , he has said , that metre is an ...
... arguments draw upon the same ideas as those which have been employed to defend his use of " the language of men " and " the ... argument on the possibility of permanent poetic appeal . It is commonly held , he has said , that metre is an ...
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William Wordsworth Warwick Jack Burgoyne Owen. IV THE ADDITIONS OF 1802 i The Argument Thus far we have followed Wordsworth's argument mainly as it is pre- sented in material common to the texts of 1800 and 1802. The drift of it is ...
William Wordsworth Warwick Jack Burgoyne Owen. IV THE ADDITIONS OF 1802 i The Argument Thus far we have followed Wordsworth's argument mainly as it is pre- sented in material common to the texts of 1800 and 1802. The drift of it is ...
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... argument , Wordsworth shifts his ground to an exposition of poetry as concerned with general truth , in an attempt to show that poetry so conceived cannot tolerate " artificial distinctions " of language . The argument , perhaps the ...
... argument , Wordsworth shifts his ground to an exposition of poetry as concerned with general truth , in an attempt to show that poetry so conceived cannot tolerate " artificial distinctions " of language . The argument , perhaps the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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appears Appendix argument authenticity beauty Biog character cited Coleridge Commentary composition connected criticism described distinction Dorothy Wordsworth dramatic poetry effect emotion epitaph Ernest de Selincourt excitement F. W. Bateson figurative Grosart human ideas imagination imitation important Introd language of passion language of poetry language of prose language of rustics less London Lyrical Ballads M. H. Abrams maternal passion means metre metrical mind Monthly Magazine moral nature norm notion objects observation overflow of powerful painful particular passage passions and thoughts perhaps permanent personifications phrase pleasure poem poet poet's poetic diction powerful feelings Preface Prel primitivistic principle probably produced Quintilian Reader real language real passion seems selection sensation sense sentiments Simplon Pass spontaneous overflow style sympathetic identification taste textual textual n theory of poetry thoughts and feelings Tintern Abbey truth utterance verse W. J. B. Owen William Wordsworth words Wordsworth write