The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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Page v
... poetry , and especially of the Idylls of the King , I may be permitted to refer the reader to Mr. Rowe's Introductions , to which I must also acknowledge obligation for some suggestive re- marks . For etymologies I have constantly given ...
... poetry , and especially of the Idylls of the King , I may be permitted to refer the reader to Mr. Rowe's Introductions , to which I must also acknowledge obligation for some suggestive re- marks . For etymologies I have constantly given ...
Page xi
... poet himself , who in the address to the Queen which con- cludes the whole has himself indicated the unity and moral purpose of his work : - ' accept this old imperfect tale , New - old , and shadowing Sense at war with Soul Rather than ...
... poet himself , who in the address to the Queen which con- cludes the whole has himself indicated the unity and moral purpose of his work : - ' accept this old imperfect tale , New - old , and shadowing Sense at war with Soul Rather than ...
Page xviii
... poet meant to represent Galahad , the boy knight , as entering suddenly upon the inheritance of Merlin's accumulated stores of knowledge , and so losing himself to save himself . Rather let us go back to the legend according to which ...
... poet meant to represent Galahad , the boy knight , as entering suddenly upon the inheritance of Merlin's accumulated stores of knowledge , and so losing himself to save himself . Rather let us go back to the legend according to which ...
Page xix
... poet say much of those whose Quest was a hopeless failure from the first . The interest is concentrated on Percivale and Lancelot , and especially Percivale , who is the narrator of the whole . Percivale went forth rejoicing and lifted ...
... poet say much of those whose Quest was a hopeless failure from the first . The interest is concentrated on Percivale and Lancelot , and especially Percivale , who is the narrator of the whole . Percivale went forth rejoicing and lifted ...
Page xxii
... poet's fancy is kept in stricter check , and on the whole a higher level of technical perfection is attained . The most important of these characteristics are extreme simplicity of diction combined with wonderful rich- ness of ...
... poet's fancy is kept in stricter check , and on the whole a higher level of technical perfection is attained . The most important of these characteristics are extreme simplicity of diction combined with wonderful rich- ness of ...
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