Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. It is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most humanly diverting.
In some 60 short episodes, this book captures moments of a writer's inner and public life, close moments with friends and strangers, occasional reminders of a poet's generally low place in the cultural hierarchy; time spent with cats; the ...
For the essence of the poem is a spiritual quest, the effort to find the divine trace in a degenerate world. Spare, comic, sorrowful, singing, Jejuri is the work of a writer with a unique and visionary voice.
... in author - craft . This latter has , however , the merit of preserving in a greater degree the characteristics of the original , on which it was modelled , for while Shurley seems to have been unable to appreciate the quaint simplicity ...
A delightful and comprehensive look at the lives and works of some of England's finest poets.
... in author - craft . This latter has , however , the merit of preserving in a greater degree the characteristics of the original , on which it was modelled , for while Shurley seems to have been unable to appreciate the quaint simplicity ...
... amuse- ment found in a mystery story . The type of mentality or the kind of mental bias that gives pleasure in puzzling is the same in author and reader . The the English Church and nation at four representative periods of.
... in author - craft . This latter has , however , the merit of preserving in a greater degree the characteristics of the original , on which it was modelled , for while Shurley seems to have been unable to appreciate the quaint simplicity ...
... more may foe presume To dare this christian land . * skies . - Cork edition , 1799 . † In . - Author's MS . The famish'd wretches . - Cork edition , 1799 . III . ON A MOUNTAIN WHOSE SUMMIT . FROM a E 2 BANTRY BAY INVASION . 51.
... in author - craft . This latter has , however , the merit of preserving in a greater degree the characteristics of the original , on which it was modelled , for while Shurley seems to have been unable to appreciate the quaint simplicity ...