Memory of Sir Isaac Newton John Denham: Cooper’s Hill – established the exact standard of good writing, obedience to decorum and correctness of form, imagery and vocabulary, pattern for English poetry of place (celebration of place etc... ) John Dyer: Grongar Hill, from the Fleece, Book III Akenside: Pomfret: The Choice Alexander Pope: aim – to introduce new correctness to English poetry. Windsor Forest, Ode to Solitude 24. Augustan literary criticism (Dennis, Swift, Pope, Johnson) Vituperative (sõimav) critical arguments (väitlemine). Dennis was modestly influential. John Dennis: best remembered as a critic, one of prime irritants to Pope’s spleen. Critical and Satirical Reflections upon a late rhapsody call’d, An Essay Upon Criticism – in reply to Pope. Wrote with confidence in own cleverness and in the correctness of the strict neoclassical principles he had gone along with (omaks võtnud). Essays on poetry: The Advancement and reformation of Modern Poetry, The Grounds
The host's abrasive approach was designed to provoke his guests into arguments, to fluster them into embarrassing admissions, and generally to make them look foolish. It was not un- common for Pyne to introduce a visitor and launch immediately into an attack on the individual's beliefs, talent, or appearance. Some people claimed that Pyne's acid personal style was partially caused by a leg amputation that had embittered him to life; others said, no, he was just vituperative by nature. One evening rock musician Frank Zappa was a guest on the show. This was at a time in the 1960s when very long hair on men was still unusual and contro- versial. As soon as Zappa had been introduced and seated, the following exchange occurred: Pyne: I guess your long hair makes you a girl. Zappa: I guess your wooden leg makes you a table. Primitive Automaticity
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