Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... pleasure to the average man ( 382-7 ) . [ iv ] This need to give pleasure to the average man , far from being a degradation of poetry , is consonant with the general scheme of things ( 389-96 ) . [ v ] For upon the principle of pleasure ...
... pleasure to the average man ( 382-7 ) . [ iv ] This need to give pleasure to the average man , far from being a degradation of poetry , is consonant with the general scheme of things ( 389-96 ) . [ v ] For upon the principle of pleasure ...
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... pleasure to a human Being possessed of that infor- mation which may be expected from him , not as a lawyer , a physician , a mariner , an astronomer , or a natural philosopher , but as a Man . Except 385 this one restriction , there is ...
... pleasure to a human Being possessed of that infor- mation which may be expected from him , not as a lawyer , a physician , a mariner , an astronomer , or a natural philosopher , but as a Man . Except 385 this one restriction , there is ...
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... pleasure , through the medium of beauty , " and cf. 382-3 above : " the necessity of giving immediate pleasure . " See also Biog . Lit. , II , 10 , and other references in Shawcross's index , s . v . Pleasure . n 394. Cf. Exc . , VI ...
... pleasure , through the medium of beauty , " and cf. 382-3 above : " the necessity of giving immediate pleasure . " See also Biog . Lit. , II , 10 , and other references in Shawcross's index , s . v . Pleasure . n 394. Cf. Exc . , VI ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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