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... expression of it fails to reflect , very closely or strikingly , the utterance of Homer . But per- haps the very pervasiveness of pathos as a mood in Arnold's poetry leads , inevitably , to a certain diffuseness in its expres- sion . If ...
... expression of it fails to reflect , very closely or strikingly , the utterance of Homer . But per- haps the very pervasiveness of pathos as a mood in Arnold's poetry leads , inevitably , to a certain diffuseness in its expres- sion . If ...
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John Shepard Eells. Comedy , Arnold saw a fine and succinct expression of what was , to him , the very heart of Christianity . One further ... expression of this touchstone mood of which , because of its 108 THE TOUCHSTONES OF MATTHEW ARNOLD.
John Shepard Eells. Comedy , Arnold saw a fine and succinct expression of what was , to him , the very heart of Christianity . One further ... expression of this touchstone mood of which , because of its 108 THE TOUCHSTONES OF MATTHEW ARNOLD.
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... expressions of the mood seem , by contrast , slack and diffuse . They are its quintessential expression ; and , when we examine Arnold's poetry , we have no difficulty in perceiv- ing how deeply they stirred his heart . With the prose ...
... expressions of the mood seem , by contrast , slack and diffuse . They are its quintessential expression ; and , when we examine Arnold's poetry , we have no difficulty in perceiv- ing how deeply they stirred his heart . With the prose ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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