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 60
... theme of the poem , as critics have pointed out , is the same as that of the others of 1742 - the inevitability of suffering and death for mankind ; but the effect is more tender . In the Eton College ode for example , Gray is not ...
... theme of the poem , as critics have pointed out , is the same as that of the others of 1742 - the inevitability of suffering and death for mankind ; but the effect is more tender . In the Eton College ode for example , Gray is not ...
Page 73
... themes : the alienation of the Poet from his audience , or the conflict between the aesthetic values of poetry and the ... theme of the reflection is the contrast of the " ruling classes " with the " rural proletariat . " The attitudes ...
... themes : the alienation of the Poet from his audience , or the conflict between the aesthetic values of poetry and the ... theme of the reflection is the contrast of the " ruling classes " with the " rural proletariat . " The attitudes ...
Page 142
... theme . Paradoxically , the more " Romantic " Pindaric Odes seem to offer didactic statements . The first and more didactic has been condemned by the very advocates of didacticism ; the second has been far more successful precisely ...
... theme . Paradoxically , the more " Romantic " Pindaric Odes seem to offer didactic statements . The first and more didactic has been condemned by the very advocates of didacticism ; the second has been far more successful precisely ...
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