William Cowper Humanitarian: A Dissertation...University of North Carolina Press, 1938 - 277 pages |
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... important theme . But it was by no means a new theme ; and those who would like to look upon it as essentially " romantic " will have to reckon with the fact that it has its roots firmly fixed in classicism . Indeed , the neo ...
... important theme . But it was by no means a new theme ; and those who would like to look upon it as essentially " romantic " will have to reckon with the fact that it has its roots firmly fixed in classicism . Indeed , the neo ...
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... important sources of the century's literary interest in the " brute creation . " An attempt to estimate their relative importance is difficult . At any rate , we may be reasonably sure that some of the major influences were the ...
... important sources of the century's literary interest in the " brute creation . " An attempt to estimate their relative importance is difficult . At any rate , we may be reasonably sure that some of the major influences were the ...
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... important influence on English literature did not suffer eclipse in the early eighteenth cen- tury . Pope proudly admitted that he " housed " with Mon- taigne . No one can read " Of Custom , " " Of Cruelty , " and " An Apology of ...
... important influence on English literature did not suffer eclipse in the early eighteenth cen- tury . Pope proudly admitted that he " housed " with Mon- taigne . No one can read " Of Custom , " " Of Cruelty , " and " An Apology of ...
Contents
COWPER AND THE PROBLEMS | 20 |
LEGAL REFORMS | 113 |
COWPERS PACIFISM | 142 |
Copyright | |
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