A Cry Over the Abyss: The Discourse of Power in the Poetry of Robert Browning and Algernon Charles SwinburneWydaw. UO, 2004 - 258 pages |
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... gain from having been a man Neither to hope nor fear to live at length ! Even in failure , rest ! but rest , in truth , And power , and recompense - - - Life is a constant warfare : one cannot imagine to live and work - even for the ...
... gain from having been a man Neither to hope nor fear to live at length ! Even in failure , rest ! but rest , in truth , And power , and recompense - - - Life is a constant warfare : one cannot imagine to live and work - even for the ...
Page 84
... gain the Absolute knowledge ( " The foolish knowledge which I came to seek " ) , he asks God to grant him this time " [ t ] he supernatural consciousness of strength " ( 5. 248-53 ) : And I should be content . Yet - Thou art good , yet ...
... gain the Absolute knowledge ( " The foolish knowledge which I came to seek " ) , he asks God to grant him this time " [ t ] he supernatural consciousness of strength " ( 5. 248-53 ) : And I should be content . Yet - Thou art good , yet ...
Page 228
... gain a larger grasp on himself and thus grow in understanding beyond present verbal constructs . - - To repeat after Chamber's Journal ( 7-2-1863 ) that Browning was “ a poet without public " because he had exceeded his time and ...
... gain a larger grasp on himself and thus grow in understanding beyond present verbal constructs . - - To repeat after Chamber's Journal ( 7-2-1863 ) that Browning was “ a poet without public " because he had exceeded his time and ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
In search of a theory | 25 |
The discourse of power | 45 |
Copyright | |
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