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... reader of the time obviously concurred ; for the common reader , inevitably conservative , is always displeased by novelty , but comforted by being able to recognize patterns of verse and thought in which he feels at ease . The instinct ...
... reader of the time obviously concurred ; for the common reader , inevitably conservative , is always displeased by novelty , but comforted by being able to recognize patterns of verse and thought in which he feels at ease . The instinct ...
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... reader in mind . In other words , to carry on with our mid - twentieth century prejudices as to the nature of beauty , by his selection of these particular details Crabbe is not only setting the scene for the entire poem , but subtly ...
... reader in mind . In other words , to carry on with our mid - twentieth century prejudices as to the nature of beauty , by his selection of these particular details Crabbe is not only setting the scene for the entire poem , but subtly ...
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... readers are uninterested in trade , while others may be uninterested in brooks , even if tumultuous ; one reader will , therefore , find immediately that one poem interests him more than the other . Nor will readers uninterested in the ...
... readers are uninterested in trade , while others may be uninterested in brooks , even if tumultuous ; one reader will , therefore , find immediately that one poem interests him more than the other . Nor will readers uninterested in the ...
Contents
CRABBE AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 1 |
CRABBE IN THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 57 |
CRABBE AS NATURE POET | 88 |
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