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Page 181
... Crabbe at least , has become physics . Crabbe's poem is best approached from several angles . First , there is the question of his own art . He tells us that he has set out to give us ' the real picture of the poor ' ( 5 ) , and that ...
... Crabbe at least , has become physics . Crabbe's poem is best approached from several angles . First , there is the question of his own art . He tells us that he has set out to give us ' the real picture of the poor ' ( 5 ) , and that ...
Page 183
... Crabbe's monocular concentration on the bad and painful sides of rustic life . Though Crabbe writes to remove the stereotyped view of country pleasures ( and indeed deals with the side of peasant life Goldsmith omitted their labour ) ...
... Crabbe's monocular concentration on the bad and painful sides of rustic life . Though Crabbe writes to remove the stereotyped view of country pleasures ( and indeed deals with the side of peasant life Goldsmith omitted their labour ) ...
Page 225
... Crabbe and Reynolds became close friends . 4 See also Crabbe's distinction between poetry which addresses itself to the ' fancy and imagination ' and that which speaks to the ' plain sense and sober judgment ' - Preface to Tales ( 1812 ) ...
... Crabbe and Reynolds became close friends . 4 See also Crabbe's distinction between poetry which addresses itself to the ' fancy and imagination ' and that which speaks to the ' plain sense and sober judgment ' - Preface to Tales ( 1812 ) ...
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