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Excerpt from Studies in Interpretation: Keats Clough, Matthew Arnold
Mr. Stedman has laid it down as a general principle that where a work survives as an exception to the inherent temper of a people, it is likely to exhibit greatness and he refers to the Book of Job as a remarkable illustra tion. It is manifest that we may extend this principle by saying that when the body of a poet's work stands out before us as an exception to the general temper and tendencies of such poet's era, it is certain to have unusual claims upon critical attention, since it can only have preserved its vitality and power by reason of an unusually strong endowment of original life. And the poetry of Keats may certainly be indicated as an interesting case in point.
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