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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... Reason was , appropriately , inaugurated by Nicolas Boileau , the French poet and critic most famous for his de- votion to the rules and order ; indeed , following him , a number of critics worked out in elaborate detail the rules for ...
... Reason was , appropriately , inaugurated by Nicolas Boileau , the French poet and critic most famous for his de- votion to the rules and order ; indeed , following him , a number of critics worked out in elaborate detail the rules for ...
Page 131
... reason ( in the land of the horses ) is itself a form of mad excess . Pope , in the Essay on Man , tries to make a synthe- sis of reason and passion , has a sad respect for the power of what he calls the " ruling passion , " and insists ...
... reason ( in the land of the horses ) is itself a form of mad excess . Pope , in the Essay on Man , tries to make a synthe- sis of reason and passion , has a sad respect for the power of what he calls the " ruling passion , " and insists ...
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... reason : he insists that the highest poetry , lyric poetry , demands a kind of demonic possession of the poet which communicates its transports to the reader , and he steadily exalts " fancy " or imagination at the ex- pense of bare reason ...
... reason : he insists that the highest poetry , lyric poetry , demands a kind of demonic possession of the poet which communicates its transports to the reader , and he steadily exalts " fancy " or imagination at the ex- pense of bare reason ...
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