An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic PoetsR. Priestley, 1966 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina xxiii
... Poetry . While we feel the power and energy of his predominant geni- us , shall we not be apt to treat the cold formal precepts of the Critic , with the same peevish contempt , that ... POETRY . B ON DRAMATIC POETRY . To INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
... Poetry . While we feel the power and energy of his predominant geni- us , shall we not be apt to treat the cold formal precepts of the Critic , with the same peevish contempt , that ... POETRY . B ON DRAMATIC POETRY . To INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
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... poetry , among the ancients , was the instruction of mankind , in religion , morals , philosophy , & c . To these great purposes were tuned the harps of Orpheus , Musaus , Hesiod , Callimachus , & c . Nor in Greece alone was poetry the ...
... poetry , among the ancients , was the instruction of mankind , in religion , morals , philosophy , & c . To these great purposes were tuned the harps of Orpheus , Musaus , Hesiod , Callimachus , & c . Nor in Greece alone was poetry the ...
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... poets : he felt that they were necessary to poetry itself . We need only read some modern French heroic poems , to be convinced how poorly epic poetry subsists on the pure ele- ments of history and philosophy . Tasso , though he had a ...
... poets : he felt that they were necessary to poetry itself . We need only read some modern French heroic poems , to be convinced how poorly epic poetry subsists on the pure ele- ments of history and philosophy . Tasso , though he had a ...
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