Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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Page 120
... distinction which overturns what has just been said on the strict affinity of metrical language with that of prose , and paves the way for other artificial distinctions which the mind voluntarily admits , I answer that the language of ...
... distinction which overturns what has just been said on the strict affinity of metrical language with that of prose , and paves the way for other artificial distinctions which the mind voluntarily admits , I answer that the language of ...
Page 168
... distinction between “ Poetry ” and " Matter of Fact " ( not in 1800 ) is perhaps an echo of Aristotle's distinction between poetry and history : cf. 372-88 ( a passage also added after 1800 ) . For the distinction between poetry and ...
... distinction between “ Poetry ” and " Matter of Fact " ( not in 1800 ) is perhaps an echo of Aristotle's distinction between poetry and history : cf. 372-88 ( a passage also added after 1800 ) . For the distinction between poetry and ...
Page 178
... distinction intended between the " conjuring up " of passions ( 326 ) and the imaginative identification of poet with character is hardly clear . Yet obviously the first is regarded as , in some way , a less passionate state than the ...
... distinction intended between the " conjuring up " of passions ( 326 ) and the imaginative identification of poet with character is hardly clear . Yet obviously the first is regarded as , in some way , a less passionate state than the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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