Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... true from his own experience in the South - west and in the Lake District.13 The evidence is insufficient to prove the general proposition which Wordsworth here advances . If it is true that the rustic's feelings are simpler than those ...
... true from his own experience in the South - west and in the Lake District.13 The evidence is insufficient to prove the general proposition which Wordsworth here advances . If it is true that the rustic's feelings are simpler than those ...
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... true , merely because it is true : for that which is factually true is obviously part of that large conglomerate of things which are true a part of general truth . At such a stage in his thinking , the poet will lean more and more on ...
... true , merely because it is true : for that which is factually true is obviously part of that large conglomerate of things which are true a part of general truth . At such a stage in his thinking , the poet will lean more and more on ...
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... true ; or on that which may indeed be generally true , but which is of small significance , and which the poet nevertheless values because it is generally true . The poet , who may find himself , at best , a member of a group which ...
... true ; or on that which may indeed be generally true , but which is of small significance , and which the poet nevertheless values because it is generally true . The poet , who may find himself , at best , a member of a group which ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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