Criticism; the Foundations of Modern Literary JudgmentMark Schorer Harcourt, Brace, 1958 - 553 pages |
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... manner in which it is worn . A majestic form and graceful motions will ex- press themselves through the most barbarous and tasteless costume . Few poets of the highest class have chosen to exhibit the beauty of their conceptions in its ...
... manner in which it is worn . A majestic form and graceful motions will ex- press themselves through the most barbarous and tasteless costume . Few poets of the highest class have chosen to exhibit the beauty of their conceptions in its ...
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... manner of that poetry , and of all other poetry which is akin to it in quality . Only one thing we may add as to the sub- stance and matter of poetry , guiding ourselves by Aristotle's profound observation that the su- periority of ...
... manner of that poetry , and of all other poetry which is akin to it in quality . Only one thing we may add as to the sub- stance and matter of poetry , guiding ourselves by Aristotle's profound observation that the su- periority of ...
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... manner which goes with that high seriousness is wanting to his work . At moments he touches it in a profound and pas- sionate melancholy , as in those four immortal lines taken by Byron as a motto for The Bride of Abydos , but which ...
... manner which goes with that high seriousness is wanting to his work . At moments he touches it in a profound and pas- sionate melancholy , as in those four immortal lines taken by Byron as a motto for The Bride of Abydos , but which ...
Contents
PLATO The Poet in the Republic | 1 |
LONGINUS On the Sublime | 10 |
THOMAS HOBBES Answer to Sir William Davenants | 25 |
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