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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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botfhr oTmh e CollectPeode mosf Theodore Roetrbeke;
prinbtyep de rmisosfDi oounb le&d Caoym panIyn,cC .h arles
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fopre rmistsoqi u<!>onMt reT. o mlin"sTohnAe't sl anftriocm, "
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vVesleUynainv erPsrietsfyso ,pr e rmistsoqi uoont eex tracts
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Vl ACKNOWLED GMENTS
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misosnti oq uotaen e xrtacftor mR andlJa ralrel'l''NseD xayt. "
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FOREWORD
Thee ssathyasft o llwoewrp er ese(nwtieotdnh ee x ceptiaotn )
twoc onferoefnt chEeens g lIinssht itthufietr esi:tn r,9 68on,
"FreeadnoNdme cesins tithLyey rFiocr md,i"r ecbtyPe rdo
fesRsoobre rt Latnhgsebe acuominn; 1d 6,99 o,n" Foromfts h e
Lyridci,r"e cbtyte hdee d itIotmr a.y b en otetdh aitnt he
transfirtoicmoo nn ferteopn ucbeal tiiocnt,h aer tihcaldsei s
appeafrreotdmh tei tclheo sfeontr h viosl utmhele,o rsesfl ect
inagn u neasisnheassrb eydt heed itaonrdh icso lleaIgfu es.
"forcmso"m etsr aicllionuogdf Ps l aton"itshLmey,"ri sce ems
tos uggaeF sotr imn deEevde.in nt hpel urfaolri,mas t rouble
somtee rfmo arg eneraotfci roint wihcohs a vree jecttheed
traditdiiocnhaolto of"m fyo ramn cdo nteBnuttt.h "o umgohs t
ofu sc ang eatl oqnugi htaep pwiiltyh otuhtse e coonfdt he
twot ermwsec, a hna rdlyf otlrao lnkg aabp oouetam n dn ot
usteh e ofirro snteo fi tcsu rreeqnuti valentsp-asttructure,
terdne,s iogrnd,eW rh.i lseo moeft hemsoer fea shiotnearbmlse
havteh aed vanotfan gobete iansgs ocwiiatt"hec do ntetnhte,y"
arseu bjteotc htse a maeb usaesos t hcerri ttiecram\lsV .em ay
nomtur detro d issbeucittfw , e c arornya nyd iscoaubrosuet
workosfl iterwaetm uursedt,i reacttt enttoci eornt iatienm s
abstrfarcottmeh dwe h olWeh.a tewvoerrwd e u steo i ndicate
thawtea raet tentdo"i tnhgii nrs e lattioot nh iasn'nd'o "tt hat
inr elattoit ohnat th,e"ir asel watyhspe o ssitbhialwtiem t ayy
freezthele i offte h peo eimn tloi fefloersmsu la.
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succumtbote hdit se mptawthiioelnxe,e rcciosmipnlgfe rteee -
Vlll FOREWORD
<lorni nt ehicrh oiocfte e rminaonlmdoe ghtyo dV.ai rosua st he
essayisns uajebrceat n idn e mhpasitsh,ye are cahalrtlae cirzed
byfl exiibtiiylna pproaancbdhy i mmediaocfry e osnpest ot he
poemsu ndrec onsdieraitno.R eardswe itahp enchfaondrte fi
niitonm ay amustehm eslevse withd isecroivntgh ei mplied
definitioof"n ofsr mo"r " ylric"o, rw itchh lalgeinntgh meo re
exipcliotn seT.w oa ssuomnpmsta iyb e poionuattsce odm mon
tom osti,fn oatl olft, h ceon tbrutio:rt shvei eowfs tcruturaes
evne,ta so bsveerodr dri ent ehe xprieeeno cfr edainagp ome,
and theo fpv oeiteicwco mopsitaisao " nf mo rofp rocdeine"g
-to useC oeltrdhigee aenx prioensa sdopteidno neo ft he
esasy.sI na nhoetwre,r eaodf" thsee nosfoe r rdi ent hpeoe m;"
inat ihrodf,t hpeoe t"'wsa oyf c ondiuncagtp oem"a nodf h is
"rievn-einotans h eg osea lgo"n;i na f uotrho,f " thfiegu rae
poemma k.e"Cs oleriitad pgpee,ia ssr tsti,lh pler edsiingge inus
oft weenttihe-nuctrcyr ciitsiomfp oerty.
Thee sssaa yraer radn ignce hronloogiocradlea rn,dt hye
havbeee ns eleedtc ots hohwo wp oteso fd ifferpeernoitdsh vae
"fonudt hefiorr mh,a"v eru cskot utt hrei idnidvuila wbaye
tweeinm iitoaantn d feredoomf" ocnduicntga pome."T he
colciltoeans a w holteh,o uhgarhdl yc onstitauh tsiitrnoygo f
poetirlysl,rtu aets mseoo ft hwea yisn w hicthh hesi otryo f
poreyti si nt hper oscsoe fb einrge wriAtgtaeinin.ts houbled
emhpsazietdh after edm oist hkeey nto:et hwer itmearkse it
abunadntcllye arc hatnghiantfg o rmosfl ryidce macnhda ng
infgo rsom fc rciitmsi ofl yirc.
REUBEAN.B ROWER
HarvaUrndi versity
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CONTENTS
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FOREWORD Vil
ReubeAn. B rower HarvardU niversity
DRAB AND GOLDEN LYRICS OF THE I
RENAISSANCE
G.K .H unter UniversoiftW ya rwick
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THE RE-INVENTED POEM:
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GEORGE HERBERT S ALTERNATIVES
HelenV end/erB ostoUnn iversity
11\UTATION AS FREEDOI\.f: I7 I 7 -1798 47
W. KW.i msatt YaleU niversity
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WORDSWORTH S WH ELMING TIDE: 75
COLERIDGE AND THE ART OF ANALOGY
A.R eevPea rker CornelUln iversity
THE INEVITABLE EAR: 103
FREEDOl\tI AND NECESSTIY IN LYRIC FORI\1,
WORDSWORTH AND AFTER
DonalldV es/inUgn iversoiftE ys sex
WILDNESS OF LOGIC IN :MODERN LYRIC 127
TVillfHo.mP ritcbarAdm bersCto llege
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LYRICA ND MODERNITY
PauDle M an TheJ ohHnosp kiUnnsi versity
SUPERVISINCGO MMITTEE,I 9 69 177
PROGRAM 179
REGISTRANTS 181
