Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... language , but not about rustics . More significant still is the complete omission from the Essay upon Epitaphs , in which Wordsworth handles with much greater assurance this and other major ideas of the Preface , of ... Language of Prose.
... language , but not about rustics . More significant still is the complete omission from the Essay upon Epitaphs , in which Wordsworth handles with much greater assurance this and other major ideas of the Preface , of ... Language of Prose.
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... language of prose . " No earlier passage ( except 186 , belonging to the text of 1802 ) has hinted that " the language of prose " is relevant to the discussion ; on the contrary , no standard except " the real language of men " has been ...
... language of prose . " No earlier passage ( except 186 , belonging to the text of 1802 ) has hinted that " the language of prose " is relevant to the discussion ; on the contrary , no standard except " the real language of men " has been ...
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... language of prose . " It is the rhetoric of most of the lines of Gray's sonnet of which Wordsworth approves.14 But it is a peculiarly dangerous form of rhetoric ; for , once the fact recorded is seen to be insignificant , incapable of ...
... language of prose . " It is the rhetoric of most of the lines of Gray's sonnet of which Wordsworth approves.14 But it is a peculiarly dangerous form of rhetoric ; for , once the fact recorded is seen to be insignificant , incapable of ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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