Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... permanent as may be . Moreover , such a standard of value was for Wordsworth in 1800 of considerably wider application than to literature alone . It is closely connected with his sense of the value in the permanence of “ nature , ” in ...
... permanent as may be . Moreover , such a standard of value was for Wordsworth in 1800 of considerably wider application than to literature alone . It is closely connected with his sense of the value in the permanence of “ nature , ” in ...
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... permanent appeal , or smothers that quality under a mass of other , and undesirable , qualities dictated by the fashions of the age . At particular periods , particular words , idioms , turns of expression - a particular " language ...
... permanent appeal , or smothers that quality under a mass of other , and undesirable , qualities dictated by the fashions of the age . At particular periods , particular words , idioms , turns of expression - a particular " language ...
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... permanent interest ; he seeks , similarly , to use a language which shall be permanently intelligible , or as nearly permanently intelligible as possible . For such a subject - matter , and Wordsworth's con- viction that the language ...
... permanent interest ; he seeks , similarly , to use a language which shall be permanently intelligible , or as nearly permanently intelligible as possible . For such a subject - matter , and Wordsworth's con- viction that the language ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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