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... exile , poverty , and anonymity are often the earmarks of a poet's life . We remember that Dante was a prominent member of the city council in Florence from 1295 until his own exile in 1301 ; he served immediately after a time of crisis ...
... exile , poverty , and anonymity are often the earmarks of a poet's life . We remember that Dante was a prominent member of the city council in Florence from 1295 until his own exile in 1301 ; he served immediately after a time of crisis ...
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... Exile , ” which is so sturdy , so compassionate , and so truly felt that Tu Fu might have written it . McGrath opens ... exile Which the beggarman mind accepts but cannot reconcile . The mind of the poor , of the oppressed , accepts the ...
... Exile , ” which is so sturdy , so compassionate , and so truly felt that Tu Fu might have written it . McGrath opens ... exile Which the beggarman mind accepts but cannot reconcile . The mind of the poor , of the oppressed , accepts the ...
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... exile , in compassion- ate , passionate " laughter and indifference . " 99 Poetry and exile - how very often they combine . One remembers Neruda in the Orient , innumerable Chinese sages , the Modernists , the Romantics , Tu Fu , Dante ...
... exile , in compassion- ate , passionate " laughter and indifference . " 99 Poetry and exile - how very often they combine . One remembers Neruda in the Orient , innumerable Chinese sages , the Modernists , the Romantics , Tu Fu , Dante ...
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Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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