The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to BurnsBloomsbury Academic, 30.07.2006 - 280 Seiten The poetry produced by the British poets of the 17th and 18th centuries is considered to be among the best ever written. But many general readers feel intimidated by the language or structure of the poetry, and so tend to shy away from enjoying these poets and their works. Nelson takes readers on a tour of the major works and figures of 17th- and 18th-century British poetry, explaining major themes, devices, styles, language, rhythm, sound, tone, imagery, form, and meaning. Beginning each chapter with a sketch of the poet's life and career, the author then looks at five or six representative works, helping readers understand and appreciate the beauty of poetry itself. |
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... leave forever , offering to help the poet write his satire on life in London once he decides to leave as well . Johnson's harsh truths about life in the city , no doubt inspired in part by personal experience , gain general application ...
... leave they must , for they cannot remain in the country where they have lived since time immemorial . Their departure is wrenching , but the power of luxury is inexorable . The poet imagines the unhappy scene of separation : Even now ...
... leaving with their values , as well as the gloom of despair of those leaving and those remaining . The personification ... leave , to his great regret . She has been , after all , as he says , the source of all my bliss , and all my woe ...
Inhalt
Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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