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... described is surely very much a twentieth - century attitude . The earliest poetry deals with the cosmos in practical ways that are by definition religious , whether for purposes of praise , propitiation or incan- tation . The poet as ...
... described is surely very much a twentieth - century attitude . The earliest poetry deals with the cosmos in practical ways that are by definition religious , whether for purposes of praise , propitiation or incan- tation . The poet as ...
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... described Herbert's verse as ' of a religious char- acter , marked by quaint and ingenious imagery rather than exal- tation , and occasionally marked by extravagant conceits and ba- thos . ' ' Of a religious character ' . An almost ...
... described Herbert's verse as ' of a religious char- acter , marked by quaint and ingenious imagery rather than exal- tation , and occasionally marked by extravagant conceits and ba- thos . ' ' Of a religious character ' . An almost ...
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... described and quoted by Christopher Ricks in ' A Note on Little Gidding , Essays in Criticism , 1975. Entitled ' Charybde et Scylla ' , it appeared in the Annales du Centre Universitaire Mediterranean , Nice 1951-2 . Helen Gardner : The ...
... described and quoted by Christopher Ricks in ' A Note on Little Gidding , Essays in Criticism , 1975. Entitled ' Charybde et Scylla ' , it appeared in the Annales du Centre Universitaire Mediterranean , Nice 1951-2 . Helen Gardner : The ...
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