Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Part 1A fully annotated edition of Coleridge's famous work, in which he argues that philosophy is the basis of criticism, advances his own critical theories and views on poetry and literature, and provides insight into his own life and creative history. |
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... LANGUAGE AND THE CRITIQUE OF WORDSWORTH The whole discussion of the language of poetry and the critique of Wordsworth is a section of which Coleridge was justly proud . It was written with ease and fluency , and we do not face the need ...
... LANGUAGE AND THE CRITIQUE OF WORDSWORTH The whole discussion of the language of poetry and the critique of Wordsworth is a section of which Coleridge was justly proud . It was written with ease and fluency , and we do not face the need ...
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... language generally is far truer of the language of poetry . Hence the essence of Coleridge's approach to the subject , and of the critique of Wordsworth's theory , is to be found in Coleridge's crucial distinction between " copy " and ...
... language generally is far truer of the language of poetry . Hence the essence of Coleridge's approach to the subject , and of the critique of Wordsworth's theory , is to be found in Coleridge's crucial distinction between " copy " and ...
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... Language , & commands the omission of many others allowable in other composition " .1 Coleridge's discussion of metre is part and parcel of his general approach to poetic expression as a form of creative mimesis . With this broad ...
... Language , & commands the omission of many others allowable in other composition " .1 Coleridge's discussion of metre is part and parcel of his general approach to poetic expression as a form of creative mimesis . With this broad ...
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... language , inserts here ( Chapter 14 ) the famous paragraph that states : " The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into activity . . . [ blending and fusing through the imagination ] the general , with ...
... language , inserts here ( Chapter 14 ) the famous paragraph that states : " The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into activity . . . [ blending and fusing through the imagination ] the general , with ...
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... language with rustic and humble life might conceivably have a point if what we mean by language is merely " vocabulary " ( though the vocabulary , if " selected " and " purified " as Wordsworth admits that it should be , would not then ...
... language with rustic and humble life might conceivably have a point if what we mean by language is merely " vocabulary " ( though the vocabulary , if " selected " and " purified " as Wordsworth admits that it should be , would not then ...
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