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Kenneth Allott Quotes

1912–1973 Wales

Kenneth Allott (29 August 1912 – 1973) was an Anglo-Irish poet and academic, and authority on Matthew Arnold.

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One way of looking at poetic periods is to notice what contemporary interests and knowledge penetrate the best verse written at the time and what moods are permitted in treating of these matters.

A poet educated to his finger tips will tend to be allusive

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kenneth Allott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.