The Gloomy Egoist: Moods and Themes of Melancholy from Gray to Keats |
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... passage of the poem follows : the poet points out the connection between melancholy and romance , not only with the Gothic novels clearly in mind but with mention of names -including that of The Mysteries of Udolpho . The sec- tion ...
... passage of the poem follows : the poet points out the connection between melancholy and romance , not only with the Gothic novels clearly in mind but with mention of names -including that of The Mysteries of Udolpho . The sec- tion ...
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... passage in " The Task . " 62 The sorrow of the last- named passage is not , however , so much for the poet him- self as for the wicked and unseeing world . 61 This brings us to remark that Cowper , sensitive and gentle soul that he was ...
... passage in " The Task . " 62 The sorrow of the last- named passage is not , however , so much for the poet him- self as for the wicked and unseeing world . 61 This brings us to remark that Cowper , sensitive and gentle soul that he was ...
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... passage on the pathos of old age . In the argument to his poem , Carey remarks that women " feel the pleasure arising from the contemplation of a beautiful prospect more acutely than men , " and in the passage to which the Argument ...
... passage on the pathos of old age . In the argument to his poem , Carey remarks that women " feel the pleasure arising from the contemplation of a beautiful prospect more acutely than men , " and in the passage to which the Argument ...
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COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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