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Page 5
... less of the object than it could , while the observer becomes more aware of what is most per- sonal about himself . The object never loses its integrity though , at least when the observer respects it , which in his great days ...
... less of the object than it could , while the observer becomes more aware of what is most per- sonal about himself . The object never loses its integrity though , at least when the observer respects it , which in his great days ...
Page 70
... less unceasing , not less vain than these , ) By which the finer passages of sense Are occupied ; and the Soul , that would incline To listen , is prevented and deterred . ( 63-80 ) Memories of the vision on Mt. Snowdon are here , but ...
... less unceasing , not less vain than these , ) By which the finer passages of sense Are occupied ; and the Soul , that would incline To listen , is prevented and deterred . ( 63-80 ) Memories of the vision on Mt. Snowdon are here , but ...
Page 174
... less than whatever could overcome the subjection imposed by the natural . Still , Wordsworth was no Blake and no mystic : he always knew that the natural was less than all , but knew too that it was very much of what there was and was ...
... less than whatever could overcome the subjection imposed by the natural . Still , Wordsworth was no Blake and no mystic : he always knew that the natural was less than all , but knew too that it was very much of what there was and was ...
Contents
Knowledge of Encounter | 3 |
The Presence of Singularity | 28 |
The Farthest Reach of Sense | 49 |
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activity appears aspects assertion awareness becomes beginning bird bring called clear clearly close coherence Coleridge comes complete context continuity create dance defined difficult dimensions direction early earth effect elements encounter experience fact feel figure finally force further gives happened hold human idea imaginative important indicates intensity involved Keats kind knowledge leads learned least less limitations lines living looked lyric meaning meeting mind mode moment moments moral move movement nature never object observer offers passage pattern perhaps physical poem poet poetry possible Prelude presence Press probably qualities question reach relationship romantic scene seems seen sense separate shape share shows similar single situation Solitary song sound stands stanza Stepping strange things thought truth turn understanding universe usually vision voice wanted whole Wordsworth worth
References to this book
Wordsworth's Historical Imagination: The Poetry of Displacement David Simpson No preview available - 1987 |