Thomas Gray, Volume 6I have two main aims in view 1) to give the reader as much information about Thomas Gray, his poetry and his age as he will need for enjoyment of the poetry; and 2) to examine all of the poems freshly as works of literature. |
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... London , where he stayed most of the next two years , mainly to read at the British Museum . 1761 Gave up London residence in November . For the re- mainder of his life he resided at Cambridge , making frequent excursions to London and ...
... London , where he stayed most of the next two years , mainly to read at the British Museum . 1761 Gave up London residence in November . For the re- mainder of his life he resided at Cambridge , making frequent excursions to London and ...
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... ( London , 1937 ) , p . 130. Except where otherwise noted , refer- ences to Gray's poems are to this edition . 12. The Correspondence of Gerard Manly Hopkins and Richard Watson Dixon , ed . Claude Colleer Abbott ( London , 1955 ) , p ...
... ( London , 1937 ) , p . 130. Except where otherwise noted , refer- ences to Gray's poems are to this edition . 12. The Correspondence of Gerard Manly Hopkins and Richard Watson Dixon , ed . Claude Colleer Abbott ( London , 1955 ) , p ...
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... ( London , 1950 ) , p . 183 , asserts as gospel Garrod's guess that the " Elegy " was written in 1742 . 3. Mason , ed . , Poems of Mr. Gray , p . 108 . 4. Johnson , Lives of the English Poets , III , 441-42 . 5. Amy Louise Reed , The ...
... ( London , 1950 ) , p . 183 , asserts as gospel Garrod's guess that the " Elegy " was written in 1742 . 3. Mason , ed . , Poems of Mr. Gray , p . 108 . 4. Johnson , Lives of the English Poets , III , 441-42 . 5. Amy Louise Reed , The ...
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