The Bridling of Pegasus: Prose Papers on Poetry"The Bridling of Pegasus: Prose Papers on Poetry" by Alfred Austin. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format. |
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... once, the allegation must be traversed absolutely. The immediate apprehension of the meaning of the Vita Nuova and the Divina Commedia presupposes an intimate acquaintance with the various dialects of the Italian language existing in ...
... once, the allegation must be traversed absolutely. The immediate apprehension of the meaning of the Vita Nuova and the Divina Commedia presupposes an intimate acquaintance with the various dialects of the Italian language existing in ...
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... once , or by the average reader at all . That is " deeper than ever plummet sounded , " though Tennyson's " indolent reviewer " apparently imagines that he at once fathoms the more intellectual poetry of his time . There can be but few ...
... once , or by the average reader at all . That is " deeper than ever plummet sounded , " though Tennyson's " indolent reviewer " apparently imagines that he at once fathoms the more intellectual poetry of his time . There can be but few ...
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... a very thin thread of meaning poetry, or a very fair imitation of it, may be hung by the aid of musical sound. Without going so far as Arnold again, who once wrote to me that Shelley's " My soul is an enchanted boat " seemed.
... a very thin thread of meaning poetry, or a very fair imitation of it, may be hung by the aid of musical sound. Without going so far as Arnold again, who once wrote to me that Shelley's " My soul is an enchanted boat " seemed.
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... once that it is mainly musical fancy . Many may remember a line of Tennyson : Like a tale of little meaning , though the words are strong . And are we not compelled to feel , on second thoughts , if we have any capacity for ...
... once that it is mainly musical fancy . Many may remember a line of Tennyson : Like a tale of little meaning , though the words are strong . And are we not compelled to feel , on second thoughts , if we have any capacity for ...
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... Once again let us have recourse to illustration, which, when fairly chosen, is probably the most effective method for securing assent. Wordsworth presents us with an ample supply of illustrations in three out of the four different kinds ...
... Once again let us have recourse to illustration, which, when fairly chosen, is probably the most effective method for securing assent. Wordsworth presents us with an ample supply of illustrations in three out of the four different kinds ...
Contents
A COMPARISON AND A CONTRAST | |
BYRON AND WORDSWORTH | |
DANTES REALISTIC TREATMENT OF THE IDEAL | |
DANTES POETIC CONCEPTION OF WOMAN | |
A VINDICATION OF TENNYSON | |
ON THE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO POLITICS | |
A CONVERSATION WITH SHAKESPEARE IN THE ELYSIAN FIELDS | |
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admiration Æneid Alfred de Musset Beatrice beautiful body of powerful Byron called canto character Chaucer cheerful Childe Harold conception of Woman confess criticism Dante Dante’s delightful disinterested lover Divina Commedia doubt dramatic English poet English poetry epic expressed feel feminine note genius hear heard heart Heaven human Ideal imagination inferior interest kind L’Allegro less lines literary literature Locksley Hall lover of poetry Lyrical Poetry masculine Matthew Arnold melodious Muse Musset nature never o’er once one’s opinion Paradise Lost passage passions perhaps persons Pessimism poem poet poet since Milton poet’s poetic politics prose readers realistic Reflective Poetry Rizpah Scherer seems sentiment Shakespeare Shelley singing song Spenser stanzas sure sweet Swinburne sympathy tale tell tender Tennyson theme things thought true verse Victor Hirtzler Victor Hugo Virgil Vita Nuova women words Wordsworth Wordsworthian write written