A Popular Manual Of English Literature Vol 2 Of 2

Author : George Lillie Craik
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259307471
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Manual of English Literature, Vol. 2 of 2 written by George Lillie Craik and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Manual of English Literature, Vol. 2 of 2: And of the History of the English Language, From the Norman Conquest; With Numerous Specimens Queen. In Spenser, the allegory, whether historical or moral, is little more than formal: the poem, taken in its natural and obvious import, as a tale of knights' and ladies' gentle deeds - a song of their fierce wars and faithful loves-has meaning and interest enough, without the alle gory at all, which, indeed, except in a very few passages, is so completely concealed behind the direct narrative, that we may well suppose it to have been nearly as much lost sight of and forgotten by the poet himself as it is by his readers here, the allegory is the soul of every. Stanza and of every line - that which gives to the whole work whatever meaning, and consequently whatever poetry, it possesses - with which, indeed, it is sometimes hard enough to be understood, but without which it would be absolute inanity and nonsense. The Purple Island is rather a production of the same species with Dr. Darwin's Botanic Garden; but, forced and false enough as Darwin's style is in many respects, it would be doing an injustice to his poem to compare it with Phineas Fletcher's either in regard to the degree in which nature and propriety are violated in the principle and manner of the composition, or in regard to the spirit and general success of the execution. Of course, there is a good deal of ingenuity shown in F Ietcher's poem; and it is not unimpregnated by poetic feeling, nor without some passages of considerable merit. But in many other parts it is quite grotesque; and, on the whole, it is fantastic, puerile, and wearisome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.