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 25
... sense of isolation as it developed was undoubt- edly due to a fear that society would hurt him when it could . ( We can think of his father's coming home from the world of outside affairs and beating his wife , of the frequent funerals ...
... sense of isolation as it developed was undoubt- edly due to a fear that society would hurt him when it could . ( We can think of his father's coming home from the world of outside affairs and beating his wife , of the frequent funerals ...
Page 39
... sense , in poetical composition always necessary to its perfection . What is gone before still dwells upon the ear , and insensibly har- monizes with the present line , as in that succession of fleeting notes which is called Melody ...
... sense , in poetical composition always necessary to its perfection . What is gone before still dwells upon the ear , and insensibly har- monizes with the present line , as in that succession of fleeting notes which is called Melody ...
Page 135
... sense that the writer is primarily concerned with standing off and examining the relations among men . While there may be an “ I ” in the novel or poem , this self is likely to be the public personality of the writer , usually revealing ...
... sense that the writer is primarily concerned with standing off and examining the relations among men . While there may be an “ I ” in the novel or poem , this self is likely to be the public personality of the writer , usually revealing ...
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