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Tag: Christopher Smart

155. (Christopher Smart)

Who are the major poets who have not excelled in something that might be called “light verse”? Even Wordsworth, the … More

Christopher Smart, Light Verse, Poetry, Religious Poetry, W.H. Auden

86. (Christopher Smart)

Donald Davie’s hand-annotated copy of Smart’sĀ Song to DavidĀ (e.d. J.B. Broadbent) is on my shelf; the annotations I might return to, … More

Christopher Smart, Donald Davie, original poetry, Poetry

41. (Christopher Smart)

Nowadays, Christopher Smart is best known for his “Jubilate Agno”—“Rejoice in the Lamb.” That poem smacks of the modern, even … More

Christopher Smart, Poetry, Religious Verse, Robert Browning, T.S. Eliot, William Empson
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