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SHELLEY'S A Defence of Poetry · 19 and the romantic ideas attached to their ancient traditions , and the peculiarities of the actual life of their descendants , —their wild and enthusiastic poetry , —their gloomy superstitions , —their ...
SHELLEY'S A Defence of Poetry · 19 and the romantic ideas attached to their ancient traditions , and the peculiarities of the actual life of their descendants , —their wild and enthusiastic poetry , —their gloomy superstitions , —their ...
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This was why Shelley placed poets above what he called “ reasoners and mechanists ' , and imagination above reason ... The great instrument of moral good is the imagination ; and poetry administers to the effect by acting upon the cause ...
This was why Shelley placed poets above what he called “ reasoners and mechanists ' , and imagination above reason ... The great instrument of moral good is the imagination ; and poetry administers to the effect by acting upon the cause ...
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A POET HAS NO IDENTITY . ... attribute — the poet has none ; no identityhe is certainly the most unpoetical of all God's creatures . ... If I think of fame of poetry , it seems a crime to me , and yet I must do so or suffer .
A POET HAS NO IDENTITY . ... attribute — the poet has none ; no identityhe is certainly the most unpoetical of all God's creatures . ... If I think of fame of poetry , it seems a crime to me , and yet I must do so or suffer .
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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