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In his recasting the canon of English poetry in New Bearings in English Poetry which of the following…

The correct choice is: “Tennyson and Swinburne”. Tennyson and Swinburne represent the Victorian poetic tradition downgraded in the argument of New Bearings in English…

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In his recasting the canon of English poetry in New Bearings in English Poetry which of the following pairs was
downgraded by F.R.Leavis ?

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The correct choice is: “Tennyson and Swinburne”.

Tennyson and Swinburne represent the Victorian poetic tradition downgraded in the argument of New Bearings in English Poetry. Leavis's better-known demotion of Milton and Shelley belongs especially to Revaluation, so the precise book named matters and should be checked during review.

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