The Complete Poetical Works: Volume IGeorge Crabbe (1754-1832) was acclaimed by his contemporaries as a major poet. The leading reviewer of the day, Francis Jeffrey, paid tribute to his powerful originality. Byron pronounced him 'Though Nature's sternest Painter, yet the best'. Sir Walter Scott, and Jane Austen, who declared that she would have married him, were among his many admirers. In our own time both critics and poets have praised his penetrating insights into human motivation, his realism, and his unique use of landscape as a setting for his poems and verse tales; and he is well known as the author of Peter Grimes, on which Benjamin Britten based his opera. Yet there has not been a collected edition of his verse since A.W. Ward's, some eighty years ago. The present edition draws on much recently discovered manuscript material in this country and in the USA, including a finished manuscript, with proofs, of Tales of the Hall, and manuscripts of four unpublished tales and of a number of shorter poems. Close attention has been paid to the evolution of the text from the rough pencil drafts in Crabbe's notebooks to the final version on the printed page. An extensive Commentary relates both to the literary context and to Crabbe's many observations on the social scene of his day. |
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... praise ; his Labour Praise deserves , But not our Pity ; Reuben has no Nerves : 105 ' Mid Noise and Dirt , and Stench , and Play and Prate , He calmly cuts the Pen or views the Slate . But Leonard ! -Yes , for Leonard's Fate I grieve ...
... praise ; his Labour Praise deserves , But not our Pity ; Reuben has no Nerves : 105 ' Mid Noise and Dirt , and Stench , and Play and Prate , He calmly cuts the Pen or views the Slate . But Leonard ! -Yes , for Leonard's Fate I grieve ...
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... praise ; Him we praise ! Grief 191 admiration Admiration as I as I 193 thoughts , thoughts , as 1783 194 age Age as I 197 heroes ... died ; Heroes ... died : as I 198 fate , fate , as I 199 below : below ; as I 200 old Thames 201 ...
... praise ; Him we praise ! Grief 191 admiration Admiration as I as I 193 thoughts , thoughts , as 1783 194 age Age as I 197 heroes ... died ; Heroes ... died : as I 198 fate , fate , as I 199 below : below ; as I 200 old Thames 201 ...
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... praise 222 aid 226 peace 224 profit 243 want 234 bosom's smart 253 wonder sickness 238 rite 248 procession 262 truth 254 praise 263 wooing 251 respect 276 deed intent 280 wonder ... whisper ... envy end 277 day 255 pride 257 grace 270 ...
... praise 222 aid 226 peace 224 profit 243 want 234 bosom's smart 253 wonder sickness 238 rite 248 procession 262 truth 254 praise 263 wooing 251 respect 276 deed intent 280 wonder ... whisper ... envy end 277 day 255 pride 257 grace 270 ...
Contents
VOLUME I | xix |
The Parish Register | xxiii |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION | xxv |
Copyright | |
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