From Shakespeare to Pope: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England |
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... COWLEY THE REACTION THE RESTORATION APPENDICES I. Sidney Godolphin and Sandys . II . Denham's Essay on Translated Verse III . Waller's Address to the Queen V ix 3 45 95 137 181 · 225 269 272 · 275 IV . The Preface to Waller's Posthumous ...
... COWLEY THE REACTION THE RESTORATION APPENDICES I. Sidney Godolphin and Sandys . II . Denham's Essay on Translated Verse III . Waller's Address to the Queen V ix 3 45 95 137 181 · 225 269 272 · 275 IV . The Preface to Waller's Posthumous ...
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... Cowley . But he stood alone until Filicaja came , and Italy presents us with the spectacle of a literature too effete and nerveless to undergo the process of even a classical change . When at last the precise manner of that school was ...
... Cowley . But he stood alone until Filicaja came , and Italy presents us with the spectacle of a literature too effete and nerveless to undergo the process of even a classical change . When at last the precise manner of that school was ...
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... Cowley in exchange for Spenser . I hope that before this inquiry is concluded I may bring forward reasons for a view that at first sight appears so ridiculous . In the meantime we are occupied with France . I do not myself believe , or ...
... Cowley in exchange for Spenser . I hope that before this inquiry is concluded I may bring forward reasons for a view that at first sight appears so ridiculous . In the meantime we are occupied with France . I do not myself believe , or ...
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... Cowley , Davenant , and their crew had sunk into neglect , Denham and Waller preserved their reputation un- assailed . Prior asserts their importance , as the two pioneers of our poetry . Pope and Garth , who represented the extremity ...
... Cowley , Davenant , and their crew had sunk into neglect , Denham and Waller preserved their reputation un- assailed . Prior asserts their importance , as the two pioneers of our poetry . Pope and Garth , who represented the extremity ...
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... Cowley was with her , and for the next twelve years was constantly attached to her person . Another interesting figure in letters took part in that doleful flight , namely , Margaret Lucas , the girl who was to become the most eccentric ...
... Cowley was with her , and for the next twelve years was constantly attached to her person . Another interesting figure in letters took part in that doleful flight , namely , Margaret Lucas , the girl who was to become the most eccentric ...
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