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... characters are all typi- cal ; individual villagers did not interest the poet . In the poems of 1807 and 1810 , however , and in all of Crabbe's narrative verse , the interest is focused on particular characters , set in the background ...
... characters are all typi- cal ; individual villagers did not interest the poet . In the poems of 1807 and 1810 , however , and in all of Crabbe's narrative verse , the interest is focused on particular characters , set in the background ...
Page 126
... characters were all drawn from life , but there is very little evidence that the actual occurrences , the plots in which these characters move , had much relation to anything outside of what the poet was able to invent . Nor is it ...
... characters were all drawn from life , but there is very little evidence that the actual occurrences , the plots in which these characters move , had much relation to anything outside of what the poet was able to invent . Nor is it ...
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... characters . At first , perhaps , we see the ethical motives that underlie a character so clearly defined , it seems the poet is dealing with a moral type ; but suddenly some little limitation is thrown in , some modification of motive ...
... characters . At first , perhaps , we see the ethical motives that underlie a character so clearly defined , it seems the poet is dealing with a moral type ; but suddenly some little limitation is thrown in , some modification of motive ...
Contents
CRABBE AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 1 |
CRABBE IN THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 57 |
CRABBE AS NATURE POET | 88 |
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