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A Companion to Poe Studies
edited by - 1996 - 604 pages
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 4

Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1856 - 454 pages
...think of the Tempest — the Midsummer Night's Dream — Prospero — Oberon — and Titania ! . . . . A poem, in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science...definite, poetry with indefinite sensations, to which endjmusic is an essential, since the comprehension of sweet sound is our most indefinite conception....
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Russell's Magazine, Volume 2

Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1858 - 584 pages
...which, in the supremeness of its symmetry, is but the most sublime of poems. * * * A jK>en>, in mv opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having,...is attained; romance presenting perceptible images wish definite, poetry with indefinite sensations, to which end music is an essential, since the comprehension...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Part 1

English periodicals - 1874 - 794 pages
...that he afterwards said or did, is there aught that belies his boyish •ideal. "A poem," he says, "is opposed to a work of science by • having, for...presenting perceptible images with definite poetry, with ///def,nite sensations, to which end music is an essential, since the comprehension of sweet sound...
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Poems, complete, with an orig. mem. by R.H. Stoddard, Issue 734

Edgar Allan Poe - 1875 - 400 pages
...then think of the Tempest — the Midsummer Night's Dream — Prospero — Oberon — and Titania ! A poem, in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science...presenting perceptible images with definite, poetry with /^definite sensations, to which end music is an essential, since the comprehension of sweet sound is...
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Edgar Allan Poe

George Edward Woodberry - Authors, American - 1885 - 388 pages
...his creed in an article which shows the strong influence of Coleridge's criticism, as follows : — " A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science...not truth ; to romance, by having for its object an in, definite instead of a definite pleasure, being a poem only so far as this object is attained ;...
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The Bookmart: A Monthly Magazine of Literary and Library ..., Volume 5

Halkett Lord, Richard Halkett - American literature - 1888 - 572 pages
...then think of 'The Tempest' ~-Tbe Midsummer Night's Dream '—Prospero— Oberon— and TI tan lai Л poem, In my opinion, is opposed to a work of science...not truth; to romance, by having, for its object, an indrßnite instead of & definite pleasure, being a poem only во far as this object Is attained ;...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 6

American fiction - 1898 - 560 pages
...soul." How much it all seems an echo of the following from Poe: "A poem, in my opinion," he says, " is opposed to a work of science by having, for its...pleasure, being a poem only so far as this object is obtained; romance presenting perceptible images with definite, poetry with indefinite sensations, to...
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Introduction to American Literature: Including Illustrative Selections, with ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1897 - 554 pages
...much light on his poetry by exhibiting the ideal at which he aimed. "A poem, in my opinion," he says, "is opposed to a work of science by having for its...indefinite instead of a definite pleasure, being a poem onlv so far as this object is attained; romance presenting perceptible images with definite, poetry...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 6

American fiction - 1898 - 544 pages
...soul/' How much it all seems an echo of the following from Poe: "A poem,''iri my opinion," he says, '* is opposed to a work of science by having, for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth; td rttiri&ndi'lty having f6f fte object a(n indefinite instead Of a definite pleasure, being a poem...
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The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Poems

Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 394 pages
...then think of the Tempest — the Midsummer Night's Dream — Prospero — Oberon — and Titania ! A poem, in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science...presenting perceptible images with definite, poetry with Mrdefinite sensations, to which end music is an essential, since the comprehension of sweet sound is...
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