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A Syllabus of Poetics

1928

vigour as Maldon and Brunnanbarh and the- fine paraphrase of scripture ascribed to Caedmon, its interest of the period on the whole is more historical and philological than literary. 4 A sYLL \BUS POETIc-z (2) The Period of Romance, viz. , of the romances of chivalry, in which the military spirit produced by the conflict of graces in barbaric times is seen becoming transformed by the spirit of the n [...] () The Closgicat " Period (16C0-15. 00 or period of Latin and French influence, turned away from the extravagance and artificial obscurity of the later Elizabethans ; and began to imitate the simplicity of thought and language of the new French School of literature (created by the new French Academy), and the dignity and simplicity of structure characteristic of the ancient Latin and Greek poets ( [...] Wordsworth in the first part of the P)ieface states his purpose in writing the BOlacts, ant-i, justifies his choice of subjects and language ; and then, to justify himself further, passes on to a discourse on the nature of poetry in general, and to show, from the nature of poetry, what the binguage of poetry should he. [...] nation, gratitude and the like) ; and he has more enthusiasm for communicating what he sees, thinks and feels to other men, and to rouse in them the same feelings of wonder, gratitude, pity and the like, and the actions to which such feelings lead ; and by thus affecting the minds of men, a great poet makes himself to be a power in the world, and generally for good. [...] (4) And the deep truths of nature will manifest themselves as much in the natural lives of the "bumble" as in the more artificial lives of the high and mighty, and make the lives 5 ')"WORDSWORTH'S THEORY OF POETRY 53 of the lowly to contain as much poetry as those of the hi ;Best.

humanities general
Pages
298
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100014
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-iii Henry Stephen view
Foreword
i-i unknown view
Introductory
1-22 unknown view
Part I
23-73 unknown view
Part II Imagination and Fancy in Poetry
74-85 unknown view
Part III Shelley’s Theory of Poetry
86-109 unknown view
Part IV Coleridge on Poetry and Criticism
110-132 unknown view
Part V Aristotle’s Theory of Poetry
133-158 unknown view
Part VI Types of Poetry: Classic and Romantic
159-205 unknown view
Part VII Harmony and Rhythm of Language: Music of Poetry
206-252 unknown view
Part VIII. The Principles of Criticism as Applied to Poetry
253-294 unknown view

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