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