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English Religious Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century As Influenced By The Catholic Spirit, Mary Mida Jun 1926

English Religious Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century As Influenced By The Catholic Spirit, Mary Mida

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Since we are now entering upon the second quarter of the twentieth century, it follows that the perspective thus offered gives ample scope for an authoritative report on the literary output of the preceding century, in the special field chosen - English Religious Poetry. The older English poets wrote from an established point of view, that is, their human creed and their idea of man coincided, while the modern English poets voice the protest or the defense of those who have little in common save the genius of the Bard. This has led to a certain recklessness in the matter …


James Barron Hope : Virginia's Poet-Laureate, Cullen S. Pitt Jan 1901

James Barron Hope : Virginia's Poet-Laureate, Cullen S. Pitt

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Previous to the Civil War comparatively little literary work had been done in the south. Of course if we take into consideration all kinds of composition, such as narratives of adventure, diaries, histories, speeches, sermons and the like, we are forced to admit that the total amount was very large. But when we speak of literature in the higher and more restricted sense, we mean that which stimulates the imagination, awakens thought and aims to please as well as to instruct. And, using the word in this narrow and more restricted sense, it is quite evident that there had been …