Cultural Studies 30.2 (July 2004): 129-54. Wordsworth Studies and the Ethics of Criticism: The “Tintern Abbey” Debate Revisited Eric K. W. Yu National Chiao Tung University Abstract This paper raises important questions concerning the “ethics” of criticism with reference to Wordsworth scholarship. Reviewing the major critical approaches to Wordsworth’s canonical poem “Tintern Abbey‚” I explore their implications for doing literary criticism today. I begin with an analysis of the polemics
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“In hours of weariness‚ sensations sweet” (Tintern Abbey 27) When things got tough‚ these beauteous forms gave him sensations that helped him affected him subconsciously to do “His little‚ nameless‚ unremembered‚ acts. Of kindness and of love” (Tintern Abbey 34-35) and feels the place makes him feel like a living soul “In body‚ and become a living soul” (Tintern Abbey 46) “To me was all in all.---I cannot paint. What then I was.” (Tintern Abbey 75-76) He says he can’t think much about what he was
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The complete title of this poem is “lines composed a few miles above Tintern abbey on revisiting the banks of the wye”. It was written on july 13th‚ 1798. It open with the speaker’s declaration that five years had passed since he had last visited this location‚ encountered its tranquil and rustic scenery‚ and heard the murmuring waters of the river. He recites the objects he sees again and the effect upon him; “the steep and lofty cliffs” impress upon him “thoughts of more deep seclusion.” He leans
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ideas of natural‚ emotional‚ and artistic themes. In the poem “Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth‚ the author uses traditional romantic poetry techniques to convey emotion and remembrance of nature to the reader. Wordsworth’s use of nature as the main theme is a good use of romantics. He also uses other literary devices to show the reader how he feels about nature. Also‚ how nature helps him in so many ways. The poem “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem‚ throughout the entire poem Wordsworth stresses
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Patrick McGihon P-1 2-10-11 A.P. Analysis Edward Abbey’s attitudes toward nature are clearly characterized through his description of the Aravaipa Canyon in New Mexico. Abbey views nature as this magnificent and mysterious concept in life that will forever be unknown‚ or not entirely comprehensible. His purpose is to show the audience that nature is full of wonder and that there are so many things still to be discovered. He does this by describing the Aravaipa Canyon with intense detail
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Catherine has spent a lot of her time reading Gothic novels and wondering what it would be like to be a Gothic heroine. She even gets experience of the Gothic during the storm her first night at Northanger Abbey‚ when she wonders what is in the chest and the cabinet in her room. It is the terror of the unknown that captivates her‚ and she feels childish when she realizes that her fears do not exist. In the climactic scene where she is viciously sent away by General Tilney‚ and does not know what
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The message Abbey was trying to convey in the speech was that peace is not war but war is used to create peace. The purpose of Abbey’s speech is to explain her concept on how peace is the reason of wars. Throughout many techniques and rhetorical devices‚ Abbey has shown this referring to the poem Five Ways to Kill a Man by Edwin Brock and George W Bushes’ speech on 9/11. Abbey also questions that if this is the concept of war‚ to create peace‚ then is war really necessary? I think that the intended
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Cathedral‚ Westminster Abbey and the Washington monument. During the day Westminster Abbey is full with tourists who want to learn about what used to go on inside these places. Another reason lots of people want to go to Westminster Abbey is because that is where Prince William and Kate Middleton got married and also where our King and Queens had their coronations. In addition‚ these places often have a source of history‚ which date back to our very early ancestors. In Westminster Abbey all our famous
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In c. 1200‚ in Northern England was Fountains Abbey. Founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks‚ a group of men who desired the balance between work and prayer. During this time at the Fountain Abbey‚ a choice of being a choir monk‚ whose job consisted of praying numerous amounts and living in silence‚ or being a lay brother who kept up with the day-to-day running of the Abbey was able to be made. A relatively new choir monk‚ Brother Matthew‚ headed to the monk’s refectory. On his walk‚ he wondered
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Outlining The Castle of Otranto Prompt: Taking The Castle of Otranto as your example‚ outline the main conventions of the Gothic novel‚ and show how your knowledge of these conventions affects your reading of Northanger Abbey. Is Northanger Abbey most accurately described as parody of the Gothic genre‚ or is there a more complicated relationship going on? Answer: Gothic novels purport to revive old stories and beliefs‚ exploring personal and psychical encounters with the taboo (Williams‚ 2000)
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