Biographia Literaria, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1907 - Aesthetics |
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... excellence aimed at was to consist in the interesting of the 15 affections by the dramatic truth of such emotions , as would naturally accompany such situations , supposing them real . And real in this sense they have been to every ...
... excellence aimed at was to consist in the interesting of the 15 affections by the dramatic truth of such emotions , as would naturally accompany such situations , supposing them real . And real in this sense they have been to every ...
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... excellence is the perfect sweetness of the versification ; its adaptation to the subject ; and the power displayed in 5 varying the march of the words without passing into a loftier and more majestic rhythm than was demanded by the ...
... excellence is the perfect sweetness of the versification ; its adaptation to the subject ; and the power displayed in 5 varying the march of the words without passing into a loftier and more majestic rhythm than was demanded by the ...
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... excellence which I had in view , 15 and in which Shakespeare even in his earliest , as in his latest , works surpasses all other poets . It is by this , that he still gives a dignity and a passion to the objects which he presents ...
... excellence which I had in view , 15 and in which Shakespeare even in his earliest , as in his latest , works surpasses all other poets . It is by this , that he still gives a dignity and a passion to the objects which he presents ...
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... excellence , the reader's own memory will refer him to 5 the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to which not of the " great , ever living , dead man's " dramatic works ? " Inopem me copia fecit . " How true it is to nature , he has himself ...
... excellence , the reader's own memory will refer him to 5 the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to which not of the " great , ever living , dead man's " dramatic works ? " Inopem me copia fecit . " How true it is to nature , he has himself ...
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... excellence in the manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the artist's merit . Not otherwise is it with the more polished poets of the 15th and 16th century , especially with those of Italy . The imagery is almost ...
... excellence in the manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the artist's merit . Not otherwise is it with the more polished poets of the 15th and 16th century , especially with those of Italy . The imagery is almost ...
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Page 289 - Lyrical Ballads; in which it was agreed that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic, yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
Page 43 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 12 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination.
Page 35 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 51 - By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 74 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes. Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of glory ringing in our ears ; Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace, eternal hopes and...
Page 48 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear, And weep the more because I weep in vain...
Page 6 - Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us...
Page 45 - It may be safely affirmed that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
Page 118 - For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. " Thus fares it still in our decay : And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.