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“Poems by William Morris,” Walter Pater, Westminster Review, 1889 The Defence of Guenevere: and Other Poems. By William Morris. 1858.The Life and Death of Jason: a Poem. By William Morris. 1867.The Earthly Paradise: a Poem. By William Morris. 1868. THIS poetry is neither a mere reproduction of Greek or mediæval life or poetry, nor a […]
Studies in the History of the Renaissance, Walter Pater, 1873.
AESTHETIC POETRY+ WALTER HORATIO PATER [213] THE “aesthetic” poetry is neither a mere reproduction of Greek or medieval poetry, nor only an idealisation of modern life and sentiment. The atmosphere on which its effect depends belongs to no simple form of poetry, no actual form of life. Greek poetry, medieval or modern poetry, projects, above […]