The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to Burns
From Donne and Jonson, to Pope, Swift, and Burns, the book offers excerpts of the poetry these artists crafted, and carefully examines the various attributes that have helped to establish them as some of the greatest of all time. Writing in clear, accessible language, Nelson also introduces general poetry terms to the novice, providing examples and explanations where necessary. Readers will no longer feel intimidated by difficult poetry. Instead, they will walk away with the tools they need to read, understand, and appreciate these titans of British letters. |
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It does prompt , he says , a certain " wantonness " in the clothes , which is odd because objects are not usually given moral qualities . Of course the clothes characterize the one who is wearing them , but " wantonness ” in the ...
The time for the harsh 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 ...
decay of the 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 ...
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Inhalt
Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to Burns Nicolas H. Nelson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2006 |