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Tag: William Wordsworth

246. (William Wordsworth)

“His Muse (it cannot be denied, and without this we cannot explain its character at all) is a levelling one. … More

Poetry, Romanticism, William Wordsworth

231. (Erich Auerbach)

Not only can be it said that art happens in history, but that history happens within each work of art. … More

Erich Auerbach, History, John Keats, Poetry, Shakespeare, William Wordsworth

202. (William Wordsworth)

Unlike Samson, whose strength returns with his hair and whose blindness, though indignity and infirmity, is not absolute impotence, Wordsworth’s … More

Milton, Poetry, Romanticism, William Wordsworth

154. (William Wordsworth)

For Wordsworth, the ontological unity of which humankind forms a part at times inspires a longing for division, and at times … More

Criticism, Geoffrey Hill, Milton, William Wordsworth

106. (Alexander Pope)

Wordsworth, conceding that he knew some thousand lines of Pope’s poetry by heart,  set him nonetheless “at the foot of … More

Alexander Pope, Poetry, Stigma, William Wordsworth

59. (William Wordsworth)

Late in his life, in a letter to an inquiring William Rowan Hamilton, Wordsworth stressed the “innumerable minutiae” upon which … More

Christopher Ricks, Poetry, punctuation, punctuation and poetry, Romantic Poetry, William Wordsworth

51. (William Wordsworth)

Those able to read poetry in silence are capable of imagining the sound of a poem’s voice; the comparison to … More

Performance, Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Spoken Poetry, William Wordsworth
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