Power, Plain English, and the Rise of Modern PoetryYale University Press, 1.10.2008 г. - 224 страници DIVIn this engaging book David Rosen offers a radically new account of Modern poetry and revises our understanding of its relation to Romanticism. British poets from Wordsworth to Auden attempted to present themselves simultaneously as persons of power and as moral voices in their communities. The modern lyric derives its characteristic complexities—psychological, ethical, formal—from the extraordinary difficulty of this effort. The low register of our language—a register of short, concrete, native words arranged in simple syntax—is deeply implicated in this story. Rosen shows how the peculiar reputation of “plain English” for truthfulness is employed by Modern poets to conceal the rift between their (probably irreconcilable) ambitions for themselves. With a deep appreciation for poetic accomplishment and a wonderful iconoclasm, Rosen sheds new light on the innovative as well as the self-deceptive aspects of Modern poetry. This book alters our understanding of the history of poetry in the English language./div |
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... ideas . This is called ' abstrac- tion , ' whereby ideas taken from particular beings become general representatives of all the same kind ; and their names , general names , applicable to whatever exists con- formable to such abstract ideas ...
... ideas . This is called ' abstrac- tion , ' whereby ideas taken from particular beings become general representatives of all the same kind ; and their names , general names , applicable to whatever exists con- formable to such abstract ideas ...
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... ideas in other men's minds” and “the reality of things” (III.2.5). The phrase “secret reference” seems purposely evasive; and thus, where some com- mentators are apt to treat the occasional ... simple ideas , it follows , 24 Prologue.
... ideas in other men's minds” and “the reality of things” (III.2.5). The phrase “secret reference” seems purposely evasive; and thus, where some com- mentators are apt to treat the occasional ... simple ideas , it follows , 24 Prologue.
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... simple ideas constitute the “ material of all our knowl- edge ” ( II.2.2 ) , they are useless unless actively operated on — combined , ab- stracted , compared by the intellect . ... Complex ideas the combination of two or more simple ideas ...
... simple ideas constitute the “ material of all our knowl- edge ” ( II.2.2 ) , they are useless unless actively operated on — combined , ab- stracted , compared by the intellect . ... Complex ideas the combination of two or more simple ideas ...
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... ideas is judged of by the conformity they have to the ideas which other men have and commonly signify by the same name, they may any of them be false. But yet simple ideas are least of all liable to be so mistaken. . . . It is ev- ident ...
... ideas is judged of by the conformity they have to the ideas which other men have and commonly signify by the same name, they may any of them be false. But yet simple ideas are least of all liable to be so mistaken. . . . It is ev- ident ...
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... ideas , and putting [ them ] together with quickness and variety ... to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ” ( II.11.2 ) , is used legitimately in works of “ enter- tainment and pleasantry ” ( II.11.2 ) . When ...
... ideas , and putting [ them ] together with quickness and variety ... to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ” ( II.11.2 ) , is used legitimately in works of “ enter- tainment and pleasantry ” ( II.11.2 ) . When ...
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Certain Good W B Yeats and the Language of Autobiography | 73 |
The Lost Youth of Modern Poetry T S Eliot W H Auden | 123 |
Notes | 181 |
Index | 201 |
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