Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... utterance is of the same kind as real - life utterance prompted by passion , and not a reflection of it . Wordsworth's account , thus interpreted , differs from earlier and later accounts based on expressive poetics in two respects ...
... utterance is of the same kind as real - life utterance prompted by passion , and not a reflection of it . Wordsworth's account , thus interpreted , differs from earlier and later accounts based on expressive poetics in two respects ...
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... utterance prompted by " real " or sympathetic passion . This assumption , though it turns the poet for the time ... utterances are of the same kind as those prompted by " real " passion.17 And , lastly , the assumption is in accord with ...
... utterance prompted by " real " or sympathetic passion . This assumption , though it turns the poet for the time ... utterances are of the same kind as those prompted by " real " passion.17 And , lastly , the assumption is in accord with ...
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... utterance , we may assume further that dramatic poetry written on this basis also conveys general truth . A poetry con- sistently written in terms of this dual requirement would indeed be an " image of man and nature . " From the terms ...
... utterance , we may assume further that dramatic poetry written on this basis also conveys general truth . A poetry con- sistently written in terms of this dual requirement would indeed be an " image of man and nature . " From the terms ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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