Byron and His FictionsWayne State University Press, 1978 - 296 pages |
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Page 32
... shows that the glory of the past is sustained within the sympathetic poet and the receptive audi- ence , who can read meanings into the landscape so that " all the Muse's tales seem truly told " ( II , 88 ) . " The rifled urn " and ...
... shows that the glory of the past is sustained within the sympathetic poet and the receptive audi- ence , who can read meanings into the landscape so that " all the Muse's tales seem truly told " ( II , 88 ) . " The rifled urn " and ...
Page 67
... shows with great precision the values involved . The persecuted , out- cast author is a model of the control of private suffering in art : Here the self - torturing sophist , wild Rousseau , The apostle of Affliction , he who threw ...
... shows with great precision the values involved . The persecuted , out- cast author is a model of the control of private suffering in art : Here the self - torturing sophist , wild Rousseau , The apostle of Affliction , he who threw ...
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... show mankind their Soul's antipodes . What " antres vast and deserts idle , ” then , Would be discovered in the human soul ! What icebergs in the hearts of mighty men , With self - love in the centre as their Pole ! What Anthropophagi ...
... show mankind their Soul's antipodes . What " antres vast and deserts idle , ” then , Would be discovered in the human soul ! What icebergs in the hearts of mighty men , With self - love in the centre as their Pole ! What Anthropophagi ...
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