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... emotion to forgo the highly concentrated expression of poetry . For , where the emotion is intensely personal , poetry is the form which gives the maximum of control . Donne's ser- mons are splendid and in parts almost sublime , but ...
... emotion to forgo the highly concentrated expression of poetry . For , where the emotion is intensely personal , poetry is the form which gives the maximum of control . Donne's ser- mons are splendid and in parts almost sublime , but ...
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... emotion , even when the influence of that personal emotion was relevant and appro- priate and even necessary . We have no reason to doubt that his grief over Sidney's death was sincere ; Astrophel , nevertheless , is com- pletely frigid ...
... emotion , even when the influence of that personal emotion was relevant and appro- priate and even necessary . We have no reason to doubt that his grief over Sidney's death was sincere ; Astrophel , nevertheless , is com- pletely frigid ...
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... emotions , and express themselves . Therefore , in one sense they are not human . Not Shakespeare himself could have expressed his emotion at the moment that he felt it . When his dark lady betrayed him , he laughed wanly and said ...
... emotions , and express themselves . Therefore , in one sense they are not human . Not Shakespeare himself could have expressed his emotion at the moment that he felt it . When his dark lady betrayed him , he laughed wanly and said ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM | 1 |
POETRY AND PROSE ΙΟ | 10 |
STENDHAL | 25 |
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