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 70
... social snobbery and heartless unconcern for the poor , surely a strange charge to be leveled against the poem . As might be expected of so subtle a critic , his argument is ingenious : By comparing the social arrangement to Nature he ...
... social snobbery and heartless unconcern for the poor , surely a strange charge to be leveled against the poem . As might be expected of so subtle a critic , his argument is ingenious : By comparing the social arrangement to Nature he ...
Page 71
... social divisions and apply to all mankind — the im- mediate sympathy is for the poor , and the immediate social issue of justice is settled in their favor . The structural effect of the " Epitaph " and the identity of the narrator have ...
... social divisions and apply to all mankind — the im- mediate sympathy is for the poor , and the immediate social issue of justice is settled in their favor . The structural effect of the " Epitaph " and the identity of the narrator have ...
Page 132
... social and scientific experi- ment and innovation ; Byron urged drastic social change ; and Blake was an extreme revolutionary who sang democratic self - fulfillment . But Wordsworth and Coleridge , who began as social changers , ended ...
... social and scientific experi- ment and innovation ; Byron urged drastic social change ; and Blake was an extreme revolutionary who sang democratic self - fulfillment . But Wordsworth and Coleridge , who began as social changers , ended ...
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