Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... simple ( that is , one - fold , “ pure , " uncontaminated by as we say conflicting passions ) ; and the man who gives vent to them in words will , because his theme is thus " simple , " because his attention is not distracted by side ...
... simple ( that is , one - fold , “ pure , " uncontaminated by as we say conflicting passions ) ; and the man who gives vent to them in words will , because his theme is thus " simple , " because his attention is not distracted by side ...
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... simple people have simple feelings , and therefore use a simple language to express them.11 None of this , in spite of the tone of Wordsworth's language , is self- evident to the modern reader . It was not self - evident to Coleridge ...
... simple people have simple feelings , and therefore use a simple language to express them.11 None of this , in spite of the tone of Wordsworth's language , is self- evident to the modern reader . It was not self - evident to Coleridge ...
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... simple , clear - cut analogy , of a rigid parallelism , between character and environment : a notion which has obvious affinities with Wordsworth's ideas about a simple man , simple feelings , and a simple language expressing those simple ...
... simple , clear - cut analogy , of a rigid parallelism , between character and environment : a notion which has obvious affinities with Wordsworth's ideas about a simple man , simple feelings , and a simple language expressing those simple ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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