A Literary History of America
A Literary History of America
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It is one thing to delight in what is good ; it is quite another critically to understand the reasons for such pleasure. The former power is a matter of tempera- ment ; the latter is rather one of thoughtful scholarly training.
The traits which make Poe's occasional criticisms excellent are only swiftness of perception and fineness of taste ; these are matters not of training but of temperament.
Temperament, indeed, of a markedly individual kind is what gives lasting character and vitality to t...he tales and the poems by which he has become permanently known. Both alike are instantly to be distinguished from the critical work at which we have glanced by the fact that they never deal with actualities, be those actualities of this world or of the next.
Poe's individual and powerful style, to be sure, full of what 212 THE MIDDLE STATES, 1798-1857 seems like vividness, constantly produces " that willing sus- pension of disbelief for the moment which constitutes poetic faith ; " but one has only to glance at the attempts to illustrate his work in the excellent edition of Stedman and Woodberry to feel the full resurgent rush of suspended disbelief.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is one thing to delight in what is good ; it is quite another critically to understand the reasons for such pleasure. The former power is a matter of tempera- ment ; the latter is rather one of thoughtful scholarly training.
The traits which make Poe's occasional criticisms excellent are only swiftness of perception and fineness of taste ; these are matters not of training but of temperament.
Temperament, indeed, of a markedly individual kind is what gives lasting character and vitality to t...he tales and the poems by which he has become permanently known. Both alike are instantly to be distinguished from the critical work at which we have glanced by the fact that they never deal with actualities, be those actualities of this world or of the next.
Poe's individual and powerful style, to be sure, full of what 212 THE MIDDLE STATES, 1798-1857 seems like vividness, constantly produces " that willing sus- pension of disbelief for the moment which constitutes poetic faith ; " but one has only to glance at the attempts to illustrate his work in the excellent edition of Stedman and Woodberry to feel the full resurgent rush of suspended disbelief.
What to read after A Literary History of America?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Barrett Wendell to read onlineMoreLess
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