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Did Graham Greene get the title "The Ministry of Fear" from a William Wordsworth poem?

Question #148489. Asked by tjoebigham.
Last updated May 31 2021.
Originally posted May 31 2021 1:49 PM.

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Not as a quote, as others have done (Hemingway, for example took 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' from 'No Man is an Island' by Donne), but from 'The Prelude', where Wordsworth identifies Nature as acting on the poet's imagination to create emotions. Apparently Greene makes several allusions to Wordsworth's poetry in the book.

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May 31 2021, 7:12 PM
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