Thomas Gray: The Progress of a PoetFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997 - 279 стор. "The book is divided into five chapters. The first examines Gray's earliest poems and imitations for evidence of his sense of himself as poet, of prosody, diction, sources, or traditions to utilize. By chapter 2, Gray's impulses toward his goal as a poet become more evident, as he is manifestly determined toward a life of poetry. The "Elegy" occupies chapter 3 - his drafts and composition of the poem, and the poem itself, the resolution to his complex of problems as poet and as man. Close study of Gray's notebooks in chapter 4 shows that the Pindaric odes, "The Progress of Poesy" and "The Bard," though ostensibly radically different from the "Elegy," were conceived at the same time as the "Elegy" and thus draw crucial depictions of his movement toward serious revision of English poetic style and his own role as poet in society. Chapter 5 continues Gray's scholarly impulse that led to the study and imitation of Pindar, as he turned to Northern European sources for proof of poetic antiquity equal to the Greek. He found what he wanted in Welsh and Norse lore and wrote several poems imitating their style."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... final draft , we see graphically how Gray changed words and phrases : Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn , Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove , Now drooping , woeful wan , like one forlorn , Or crazed with care , or ...
... final draft , we see graphically how Gray changed words and phrases : Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn , Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove , Now drooping , woeful wan , like one forlorn , Or crazed with care , or ...
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... final stanza's caesuras vary 4/6 , 5/5 , 4/6 , and the long 7/3 line creates a placidity in preparation for the final prayerful " and his God . " The effective pace of the swain's 4/6 line serves as an alternative to the epitaph's ...
... final stanza's caesuras vary 4/6 , 5/5 , 4/6 , and the long 7/3 line creates a placidity in preparation for the final prayerful " and his God . " The effective pace of the swain's 4/6 line serves as an alternative to the epitaph's ...
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... final stage of his career as poet , his assertive- ness and facility of poetic craft , stand against those who see his final po- etic steps as faltering forecasts of death . It is of course unfortunate that he did not write more and ...
... final stage of his career as poet , his assertive- ness and facility of poetic craft , stand against those who see his final po- etic steps as faltering forecasts of death . It is of course unfortunate that he did not write more and ...
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Introduction | 9 |
Early English Poems | 44 |
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard | 105 |
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