The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 93
Page 70
... poet who had once stood on the heights of poetry . And the two indictments , for Shelley , hung together . Wordsworth was dull because he had been false to his early ideals . To convey this by identifying the poet with Peter Bell , his ...
... poet who had once stood on the heights of poetry . And the two indictments , for Shelley , hung together . Wordsworth was dull because he had been false to his early ideals . To convey this by identifying the poet with Peter Bell , his ...
Page 74
... poet . The death of Edward King gave Milton an occasion for a meditation of unequalled splendour upon poetic fame ; the death of Keats is felt by Shelley as a calamity for poetry , and for everything in nature and humanity to which ...
... poet . The death of Edward King gave Milton an occasion for a meditation of unequalled splendour upon poetic fame ; the death of Keats is felt by Shelley as a calamity for poetry , and for everything in nature and humanity to which ...
Page 96
... poet at all ; and , even where that tradition survives , it is extremely questionable whether it is often supported by actual reading . At one time , of course , Rogers was quite a popular poet ; and it is a task neither difficult nor ...
... poet at all ; and , even where that tradition survives , it is extremely questionable whether it is often supported by actual reading . At one time , of course , Rogers was quite a popular poet ; and it is a task neither difficult nor ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable Aeschylus ancient antiquary antiquities Archaeological Arnold ballad beauty bibliography Byron Cambridge century character Charles Christian church classical Coleridge Connop Thirlwall contemporary criticism death drama early Edinburgh Edinburgh Review edition editor England English essays Euripides followed genius George Greece Greek Grote Hazlitt Henry historian History of Greece humour influence interest Ireland Irish James Jane Austen John Julius Hare Keats Lamb Lamb's Landor later Latin Leigh Hunt less letters literary literature London lyric Mary Lamb narrative never Newman Niebuhr Northanger Abbey novels Oxford Oxford movement passion perhaps poem poet poetic poetry political Porsonian produced professor prose published readers Review Roman Rome Sanskrit scholar Scotland Scott Scottish Shakespeare Shelley Shelley's society Southey spirit St John's college story style theology Thomas thought tractarians translation Trinity Trinity college verse volumes William Wordsworth writing written wrote