Literary History of the United States, Volume 1Robert Ernest Spiller, Willard Thorp, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Henry Seidel Canby |
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... poet should teach " direct lessons of wisdom . " At the same time , he believed that poetry , as a suggestive rather than a mimetic art , addresses itself to the imagination of the reader . Then the reader , in turn , contributes to the ...
... poet should teach " direct lessons of wisdom . " At the same time , he believed that poetry , as a suggestive rather than a mimetic art , addresses itself to the imagination of the reader . Then the reader , in turn , contributes to the ...
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... poetry and the poetic art , and to study a poetic era and poetic temperaments . " Stedman's tact and ingenuity were ... poetry . As in the Victorian Poets , Stedman applied his canons throughout the work ; yet in contrast with the ...
... poetry and the poetic art , and to study a poetic era and poetic temperaments . " Stedman's tact and ingenuity were ... poetry . As in the Victorian Poets , Stedman applied his canons throughout the work ; yet in contrast with the ...
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... poetry , asserted that there was a public for it in America , and assured readers that quality alone was to be the test for admission to Poetry . She concluded with characteristic grandiloquence : “ We hope to offer our subscribers a ...
... poetry , asserted that there was a public for it in America , and assured readers that quality alone was to be the test for admission to Poetry . She concluded with characteristic grandiloquence : “ We hope to offer our subscribers a ...
Contents
The European Background | 3 |
Colonial Literary Culture | 16 |
REPORTS AND CHRONICLES | 24 |
Copyright | |
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