The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 1Johns Hopkins Press, 1939 - Criticism |
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... Poetry is , and what is its chief Excellence . CHAP . V. That Passion is the chief Thing in Poetry , and that all Passion is either ordinary Passion , or Enthusiasm . B UT before we proceed , let us define Poetry ; which is the first ...
... Poetry is , and what is its chief Excellence . CHAP . V. That Passion is the chief Thing in Poetry , and that all Passion is either ordinary Passion , or Enthusiasm . B UT before we proceed , let us define Poetry ; which is the first ...
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John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. Poetry and Painting , and the more Passion there is , the better the Poetry and the Painting , unless the Passion is too much for the Subject ; and the Painter , and the Poet , arrive at the Height of ...
John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. Poetry and Painting , and the more Passion there is , the better the Poetry and the Painting , unless the Passion is too much for the Subject ; and the Painter , and the Poet , arrive at the Height of ...
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... Poetry ; and that con- sequently a Poet ought to contrive every thing in order to the moving of Passion , that not ... Poetry pleases and instructs us more even than Philosophy it self , only because it moves us more , it follows , That ...
... Poetry ; and that con- sequently a Poet ought to contrive every thing in order to the moving of Passion , that not ... Poetry pleases and instructs us more even than Philosophy it self , only because it moves us more , it follows , That ...
Contents
Preface to The Passion of Byblis 1692 | 1 |
The Impartial Critick 1693 | 11 |
Preface to The Court of Death 1695 | 42 |
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