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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Page 123
... expression characteristic of Gray at his best . However , the chain of routine personifications beginning about line 29 indicates that the generalized subject - because it was not an expression of anything especially meaningful in ...
... expression characteristic of Gray at his best . However , the chain of routine personifications beginning about line 29 indicates that the generalized subject - because it was not an expression of anything especially meaningful in ...
Page 126
... expressions of Gray's personal feelings . To judge by his withdrawal of " A Long Story " after one edition and by ... expression . The more ambitious fragments imply critical judgments by Gray which are worth glancing at . " Agrippina ...
... expressions of Gray's personal feelings . To judge by his withdrawal of " A Long Story " after one edition and by ... expression . The more ambitious fragments imply critical judgments by Gray which are worth glancing at . " Agrippina ...
Page 131
... expression of the side of man's nature shown most recently in the Congo , in Algeria , and in Mississippi . The Classical temper tends to be highly conservative and suspicious of innovations , which it regards as expressing a per- verse ...
... expression of the side of man's nature shown most recently in the Congo , in Algeria , and in Mississippi . The Classical temper tends to be highly conservative and suspicious of innovations , which it regards as expressing a per- verse ...
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