The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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... poetry ; and Byron had lately adopted it for the epic mockery of Don Juan . Tradition and example helped to suspend here the ' shrill ' and ' intense ' notes of Shelley's poetry ; but they set no check upon the wayward loveliness of his ...
... poetry ; and Byron had lately adopted it for the epic mockery of Don Juan . Tradition and example helped to suspend here the ' shrill ' and ' intense ' notes of Shelley's poetry ; but they set no check upon the wayward loveliness of his ...
Page 74
... poetic fame ; the death of Keats is felt by Shelley as a calamity for poetry , and for everything in nature and humanity to which poetry gives enduring expression , and the very soul of poetry seems to utter itself , now in sorrow , now ...
... poetic fame ; the death of Keats is felt by Shelley as a calamity for poetry , and for everything in nature and humanity to which poetry gives enduring expression , and the very soul of poetry seems to utter itself , now in sorrow , now ...
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... poetry who does not wilfully choose to shut his ears and eyes to it . Some , to use the old figure , are Januses of the backward face only ; or with but a contorted and casual vision forwards . Hardly one can be said to look steadily ...
... poetry who does not wilfully choose to shut his ears and eyes to it . Some , to use the old figure , are Januses of the backward face only ; or with but a contorted and casual vision forwards . Hardly one can be said to look steadily ...
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