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.
The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic… - Lascelles Abercrombie
The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic…
- Lascelles Abercrombie
The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not ve… - Lascelles Abercrombie
The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not ve…
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or r… - Lascelles Abercrombie
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or r…
The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeolo… - Lascelles Abercrombie
The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeolo…
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experien… - Lascelles Abercrombie
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experien…
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,… - Lascelles Abercrombie
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,…
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
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. - Lascelles Abercrombie
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read. - Lascelles Abercrombie
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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