Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... language of ordinary life as to produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to impart . To the second edition he added a preface of considerable length ; in which notwithstanding some passages of ap ...
... language of ordinary life as to produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to impart . To the second edition he added a preface of considerable length ; in which notwithstanding some passages of ap ...
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... language of real life . From this preface , prefixed to poems in which it was impossible to deny the presence of original genius , how- ever mistaken its direction might be deemed , arose the whole long continued controversy . For from ...
... language of real life . From this preface , prefixed to poems in which it was impossible to deny the presence of original genius , how- ever mistaken its direction might be deemed , arose the whole long continued controversy . For from ...
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... language of prose aims at , whether col- loquial or written . My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use of the word , have been in part anticipated in the preceding disquisition on the fancy and imagination ...
... language of prose aims at , whether col- loquial or written . My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use of the word , have been in part anticipated in the preceding disquisition on the fancy and imagination ...
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... language . In Shakspeare's poems , the creative power , and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace . Each in its ex- cess of strength seems to threaten the extinc- tion of the other . At length , in the DRAMA they were ...
... language . In Shakspeare's poems , the creative power , and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace . Each in its ex- cess of strength seems to threaten the extinc- tion of the other . At length , in the DRAMA they were ...
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... language . What then shall we say ? even this ; that Shakspeare , no mere child of nature ; no automaton of genius ; no passive vehicle of inspiration possessed by the spirit , not possess- ing it ; first studied patiently , meditated ...
... language . What then shall we say ? even this ; that Shakspeare , no mere child of nature ; no automaton of genius ; no passive vehicle of inspiration possessed by the spirit , not possess- ing it ; first studied patiently , meditated ...
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