Abstract
Cowper's moral satires have never enjoyed much critical esteem, and have been censured again and again for the way in which they discharge, with more dutifulness than inspiration, a self-inflicted task: mere therapy for a wounded spirit, a sort of metrical knitting. Norman Nicholson's judgment on this aspect of the oeuvre is by and large representative.
Recommended Citation
Edgecombe, R. S.
(1989)
"Homiletic Conversation: William Cowper’s Table Talk,"
University of Dayton Review: Vol. 20:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/udr/vol20/iss1/5
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