“If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great
“Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: attitude
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That is to say, epic poetry has
“That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Lascelles Abercrombie
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the
“But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Lascelles Abercrombie
The reason can only be this: heroic
“The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
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With several different kinds of poetry to
“With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
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Poetry is the work of poets, not
“Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: work
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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it
“Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Lascelles Abercrombie
Epic poetry exhibits life in some great
“Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Lascelles Abercrombie
By the general process of epic poetry,
“By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Lascelles Abercrombie
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the
“But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: beauty
Tags: beauty, Lascelles Abercrombie