Criticism
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Wordsworth’s Views on Imagination and Fancy
In order to understand Wordsworth’s view on imagination, we have to go to his poems, and to his letter. In…
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S. T. Coleridge: Function of Poetry
Coleridge poses numerous questions regarding the nature and function of poetry and then answers them. He also examines the ways…
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S. T. Coleridge: Criticism on Wordsworth’s Theory of Poetic Diction
Wordsworth and Coleridge came together early in life and mutually arose various theories which Wordsworth embodied in his “Preface to…
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William Wordsworth As a Critic
Wordsworth was primarily a poet and not a critic. He has left behind him no comprehensive treatise on criticism. The…
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S. T. Coleridge As a Critic
Coleridge is one of the greatest of literary critics, and his greatness has been almost universally recognized. He occupies, without…
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Willing Suspension of Disbelief
No phrase in the language has acquired such wide and universe popularity, and has had such a profound impact on…
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T.S.Eliot as a critic
Eliot is one of the greatest literary critics of England from the point of view of the bulk and quality…
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The Metaphysical Poets
The essay ‘The Metaphysical Poets’ was originally a review in the London Times Literary Supplement (October 20, 1921) of the book…
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Wordsworth’s Conception of Poetry
Critics and poets, in all ages and countries tried to explain their own theory and practice of poetry. Wordsworth,…
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