Dictionary of English Literature; Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors And Their Works
Dictionary of English Literature; Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors And Their Works
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For Criticism, see Johnson's Lines of the Foets, Hazlitt's English Foets, De Quincey's Leaders of Literature, Sainte Beuve's Cameries, Taine's English Literature, Stephen's Bours in a Libra/ry, Lowell's Sttidy Windows.
"Pope," says Lowell, "had one of the prime qualities of a great poet in exactly answering the intellectual needs of the age in which he lived, and in reflecting its lineaments; He did in some not inadequate sense hold the mirror up to nature. It was a mirror in a drawing-room, bu...t it gave back a faithful image of society, powdered and rouged, to be sure, and intent on trifles, yet still as human in its own way as the heroes of Homer in theirs.
It would be an inadequate or a dishonest criticism that should hold Pope responsible for the narrow compass of the instrument which was his legacy from his immediate predecessors, any more than for the wearisome thrumming over of his time by those who came after him, and who had caught his technical skill without his genius. The question properly stated is, How much was it possible to make of the material supplied by the age in which he lived?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For Criticism, see Johnson's Lines of the Foets, Hazlitt's English Foets, De Quincey's Leaders of Literature, Sainte Beuve's Cameries, Taine's English Literature, Stephen's Bours in a Libra/ry, Lowell's Sttidy Windows.
"Pope," says Lowell, "had one of the prime qualities of a great poet in exactly answering the intellectual needs of the age in which he lived, and in reflecting its lineaments; He did in some not inadequate sense hold the mirror up to nature. It was a mirror in a drawing-room, bu...t it gave back a faithful image of society, powdered and rouged, to be sure, and intent on trifles, yet still as human in its own way as the heroes of Homer in theirs.
It would be an inadequate or a dishonest criticism that should hold Pope responsible for the narrow compass of the instrument which was his legacy from his immediate predecessors, any more than for the wearisome thrumming over of his time by those who came after him, and who had caught his technical skill without his genius. The question properly stated is, How much was it possible to make of the material supplied by the age in which he lived?
What to read after Dictionary of English Literature; Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors And Their Works?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Davenport Adams to read onlineMoreLess
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