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Occasion of the Lyrical Ballads , and the objects originally proposed— Preface to the second edition — The ensuing controversy , its causes and acrimony — Philosophic definitions of poem and poetry with scholia .
Occasion of the Lyrical Ballads , and the objects originally proposed— Preface to the second edition — The ensuing controversy , its causes and acrimony — Philosophic definitions of poem and poetry with scholia .
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... the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems in general , might not be so managed in the language of ordinary life as to produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to impart .
... the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems in general , might not be so managed in the language of ordinary life as to produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to impart .
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But he has not , as far as I can discover , announced any change in his poetic creed . ... in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ; and secondly , of POETRY itself , in kind , [ and in essence .
But he has not , as far as I can discover , announced any change in his poetic creed . ... in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ; and secondly , of POETRY itself , in kind , [ and in essence .
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But if this should be admitted as a satisfactory character of a poem , we have still to seek for a definition of poetry . The writings of Plato , and Bishop TAYLOR , and the Theoria Sacra of BURNET , furnish undeniable proofs that ...
But if this should be admitted as a satisfactory character of a poem , we have still to seek for a definition of poetry . The writings of Plato , and Bishop TAYLOR , and the Theoria Sacra of BURNET , furnish undeniable proofs that ...
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My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use of the word , have been in part anticipated in the ... What is poetry ? is so nearly the same question with , what is a poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in ...
My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use of the word , have been in part anticipated in the ... What is poetry ? is so nearly the same question with , what is a poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in ...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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