Mirror of Minds: Changing Psychological Beliefs in English Poetry

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University of Toronto Press, 1962 - Literary Criticism - 271 pages
This book aims to give some illustrations of the ways in which at various periods English poetry has reflected current views of the human mind, with special reference to such topics as its place in the cosmos, its relations with the body, the connections between sense, passions, and reason, the problem of soul and its possible survival after death.

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The Poetry of the Souls Instruments
1
The Development of Shakespeares Attitude
48
Reason the Passions and Associations
90
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