The Literature of EcstasyBoni and Liveright, 1921 - 254 pages |
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... thought , such as ethical and social questions . The idea will be shown to be an important factor in the literature of ecstasy , for ecstasy does not preclude the intellectual and moral activities . The notion of art for art's sake thus ...
... thought , such as ethical and social questions . The idea will be shown to be an important factor in the literature of ecstasy , for ecstasy does not preclude the intellectual and moral activities . The notion of art for art's sake thus ...
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... thought . On the contrary , it is too much occupied with thought . It in fact repre- sents a form of monomania connected with a certain idea . It is a rapturous state in which the person is governed by preoccupation with a definite ...
... thought . On the contrary , it is too much occupied with thought . It in fact repre- sents a form of monomania connected with a certain idea . It is a rapturous state in which the person is governed by preoccupation with a definite ...
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... thought except those of Rabelais . He showed no insight into the real greatness of literature , because of his narrow conception of ecstasy . Ecstasy in the broad sense is any excited condition of the emotions . Besides the meaning the ...
... thought except those of Rabelais . He showed no insight into the real greatness of literature , because of his narrow conception of ecstasy . Ecstasy in the broad sense is any excited condition of the emotions . Besides the meaning the ...
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... thoughts . " Moderns are prone , " says Butcher , " to believe that the action of poetic genius abdicates its rights and descends to the lower level of talent when it begins to reason . Greek literature decisively refutes sich a notion ...
... thoughts . " Moderns are prone , " says Butcher , " to believe that the action of poetic genius abdicates its rights and descends to the lower level of talent when it begins to reason . Greek literature decisively refutes sich a notion ...
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... thought that they spoke well , but I never had any similar feeling ; my soul was not stirred by them , nor was I angry at the thought of my own slavish state . But this Marsyas has often brought me to such a pass that I have felt as if ...
... thought that they spoke well , but I never had any similar feeling ; my soul was not stirred by them , nor was I angry at the thought of my own slavish state . But this Marsyas has often brought me to such a pass that I have felt as if ...
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Page 94 - And now I begin to understand why I was imprisoned so many years in this lonely chamber, and why I could never break through the viewless bolts and bars ; for if I had sooner made my escape into the world, I should have grown hard and rough, and been covered with earthly dust, and my heart might have become callous by rude encounters with the multitude. . . . But living in solitude till the fulness of time was come, I still kept the dew of my youth and the freshness of my heart.
Page 161 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 161 - I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Page 26 - For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles.
Page 68 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 95 - Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldst walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble.
Page 94 - Thou shalt leave the world, and know the muse only. Thou shalt not know any longer the times, customs, graces, politics, or opinions of men, but shalt take all from the muse.
Page 202 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Page 243 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 48 - But the communication of pleasure may be the immediate object of a work not metrically composed ; and that object may have been in a high degree attained, as in novels and romances.