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7 the critical , taste , I reached at once what I conceived the proper length for my intended poem — a length of about one hundred lines . It is , in fact , a hundred and eight . My next thought concerned the choice of an impression ...
7 the critical , taste , I reached at once what I conceived the proper length for my intended poem — a length of about one hundred lines . It is , in fact , a hundred and eight . My next thought concerned the choice of an impression ...
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From The Poetic Principles In speaking of the Poetic Principle , I have no design to be either thorough or profound . ... which , whether rightfully or wrongfully , has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem .
From The Poetic Principles In speaking of the Poetic Principle , I have no design to be either thorough or profound . ... which , whether rightfully or wrongfully , has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem .
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Every poem , it is said , should inculcate a moral ; and by this moral is the poetical merit of the work to be adjudged . We Americans especially have patronized this happy idea ; and we Bostonians , very especially , have developed it ...
Every poem , it is said , should inculcate a moral ; and by this moral is the poetical merit of the work to be adjudged . We Americans especially have patronized this happy idea ; and we Bostonians , very especially , have developed it ...
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Contents
The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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| Title | The American Tradition in Literature: Bradford to Lincoln Norton book Volume 1 of The American Tradition in Literature, Richmond Croom Beatty |
| Editors | Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Compiled by | Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Norton, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 3505 pages |
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