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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... moral qualities . Of course the clothes characterize the one who is wearing them , but " wantonness " in the seven- teenth century probably did not carry quite the same associations that it does today . It seems to have meant something ...
... moral irony of Swift and Pope has now passed , replaced by a generous acceptance of common foibles . Goldsmith also manages to give his verses a modest musical effect with the occasional use of discreet alliteration and repetition , as ...
... moral fabric of English society . Such virtues will not be found anywhere else , and so will be lost forever . The image of the darkened shore suggests both the multitude of people leaving with their values , as well as the gloom of ...
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Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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