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Book SynopsisThe late Leo Spitzer enjoyed a reputation as one of the twentieth century's outstanding philologists and linguists. His writings in the field of the romance languages and of comparative philology have been always stimulating, often controversial. This collection presents his essays in English and American literature which appeared in various journa
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Contents, pg. xvii*I. On Yeats's Poem "Leda and the Swan", pg. 1*II. Explication de Texte Applied to Walt Whitman's Poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking", pg. 14*III. "Tears, Idle Tears" Again, pg. 37*IV. A Reinterpretation of "The Fall of the House of Usher", pg. 51*V. The "Ode on a Grecian Urn," or Content vs. Metagrammar, pg. 67*VI. Marvell's "Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn", pg. 98*VII. Understanding Milton, pg. 116*VIII. Herrick's "Delight in Disorder", pg. 132*IX. Three Poems on Ecstasy: John Donne, St. John of the Cross, Richard Wagner, pg. 139*X. Spenser, "Shepheardes Calendar, March" (Lines 61-114) and the Variorum Edition, pg. 180*XI. Explication de texte Applied to Three Great Middle English Poems, pg. 193*Appendix: American Advertising Explained as Popular Art, pg. 248*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 279*INDEX, pg. 287
