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English metaphysical poetry, from Donne to Marvell, is notoriously witty. In this 1992 book, A. J. Smith seeks the reason for the central importance of wit in the thinking of the metaphysical poets and argues that metaphysical wit is essentially different from other modes of wit current in Renaissance Europe. Formal theories and rhetorics of wit are considered both for their theoretical import and their appraisals of wit in practice. Prevailing fashions of witty invention are scrutinized in Italian, French and Spanish writings, so as to bring out the nature and effect of various forms of wit: conceited, hieroglyphic, transformational and others from which the metaphysical mode is distinguished. He locates the basis of Renaissance wit in the received conception of the created order and a theory of literary innovation inherent in Humanist belief, which led to novel couplings of time and eternity, body and soul, man and God.

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Liverworts --- Hepatophyta --- Hépatiques --- Bryophytes --- BRY Bryophytes --- Marchantiophyta = Hepaticae = liverworts --- Flore. Botanic determination guides --- Great Britain --- Ireland --- Flora. Botanische determinatiewerken --- Bryofyten --- Groot-Brittannië --- Ierland --- Hépatiques

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This book describes and illustrates in detail the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, together with recent synonyms. The species descriptions provide information on frequency, ecology, geographical relationships and distribution, including information on protected species and those species at risk. For many species there are footnotes to aid identification. In addition to the species descriptions there are descriptions of families and genera and also introductory information on conservation, collection, preservation and examination of material, together with advice on using the keys. An artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the English language. This second edition incorporates the very considerable advances in our knowledge of mosses made in the last quarter of the twentieth century and will provide a unique resource for all concerned with these fascinating organisms.

Mosses --- Identification. --- 582.34 <415> --- 582.34 <41> --- 582.34 <415> Musci. Mosses--Ierland--(als geheel) --- Musci. Mosses--Ierland--(als geheel) --- 582.34 <41> Musci. Mosses--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Musci. Mosses--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Bryopsida --- Moss plants --- Musci --- Bryophytes --- Cryptogams --- Identification --- Flore. Botanic determination guides --- Great Britain --- Ireland --- Flora --- Bryophyta --- identification --- Plant and Crop Sciences. Botany --- Floras --- Europe. --- Flora. Botanische determinatiewerken --- Bryofyten --- Groot-Brittannië --- Ierland --- identification. --- Mosses - British Isles - Identification --- Mosses - British Isles - Identification.