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Page 38
... happy , however clouded that happiness might be . I would be more ready to agree with Mr. Batdorf that Cowper's lines " at least reinforce Mr. Lang's thesis , that Crabbe's realism in the handling of rural life was a part of a movement ...
... happy , however clouded that happiness might be . I would be more ready to agree with Mr. Batdorf that Cowper's lines " at least reinforce Mr. Lang's thesis , that Crabbe's realism in the handling of rural life was a part of a movement ...
Page 63
... happy and discontented , but in- habiting the Borough even though sometimes dominated by it . This is even more the case in The Parish Register , where , by the very nature of the plan , Crabbe focuses on human activities . Wordsworth ...
... happy and discontented , but in- habiting the Borough even though sometimes dominated by it . This is even more the case in The Parish Register , where , by the very nature of the plan , Crabbe focuses on human activities . Wordsworth ...
Page 161
... happy accident , some special grace of the Muses to reward long and blameless toil in their service , Crabbe was not a poet . But I have not the least intention of denying that he was great , and all but of the greatest among English ...
... happy accident , some special grace of the Muses to reward long and blameless toil in their service , Crabbe was not a poet . But I have not the least intention of denying that he was great , and all but of the greatest among English ...
Contents
CRABBE AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 1 |
CRABBE IN THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 57 |
CRABBE AS NATURE POET | 88 |
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