William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation; an Essay and a Bibliography of Cowperian Studies from 1895 to 1960 |
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Certainly he never wrote for material gain ; moreover , his independence of literary fashions makes his removal from Grub Street seem far more remote than his removal from other aspects of the world from which he had " retired .
Certainly he never wrote for material gain ; moreover , his independence of literary fashions makes his removal from Grub Street seem far more remote than his removal from other aspects of the world from which he had " retired .
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The substance of what Cowper wished to achieve and what he thought he had achieved is summed up in a well - known letter that he wrote in 1784 to William Unwin concerning a draft of The Task : My descriptions are all from nature : not ...
The substance of what Cowper wished to achieve and what he thought he had achieved is summed up in a well - known letter that he wrote in 1784 to William Unwin concerning a draft of The Task : My descriptions are all from nature : not ...
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If Thomson wrote much good blank verse , Cowper at his best could do better . Avoiding Thomson's frequent endstopped lines that give the impression of unrhymed couplets , Cowper achieves greater flexibility and length of phrasing .
If Thomson wrote much good blank verse , Cowper at his best could do better . Avoiding Thomson's frequent endstopped lines that give the impression of unrhymed couplets , Cowper achieves greater flexibility and length of phrasing .
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