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Poetry is life, not a private obsession.
This collection gathers Bailey’s thoughtful essays on English poetry and its relation to everyday experience, from Prometheus to Gray’s Elegy, showing how great verse binds human truth to the world we live in.
Across these pages, the author argues that poetry should speak to readers as fellow humans, not to experts alone. He examines how poets transform commonplace observations into memorable art, revealing why literature matters to all who love language and life.
- Clear talks on why poetry matters to everyday life and culture
- Close readings that illuminate how famous verses turn common experience into art
- Discussions of major poets and dramas, including Aeschylus, Shelley, Goethe, and Gray
Ideal for readers seeking thoughtful, accessible insight into how poetry connects with living and thinking people.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a wide-ranging collection of essays by the author, exploring literature from life and art's perspectives. The author analyzes the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, and many more to discuss their technique, evolution, and enduring significance in the world of literature. The text delves into themes of simplicity, grandeur, seriousness, the balance between art and life in the work of these masters, and through their work, the broader evolution of the English literature landscape throughout the ages. Ending with a discussion on the Grand Style, the author ruminates on how the manipulation of art and life can transport the reader, concluding that the very quest for the fusion of art and life through literature leads to new and groundbreaking artistic creations. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330786017_0
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