The Claims of French Poetry Nine Studies in the Greater French Poets
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And, conscious of his genius, he is not afraid of proposing to himself ambitious schemes. One may almost say that he aims at being at once the Pindar, the Lucretius, the Theo- critus, and in a sense even the Aristophanes, of his country. It is not given, even to genius, to attain complete success in such various fields ; but he shows real power in all, and that is no small thing to say.
His work, as we have it, is divided into several classes : Bucolics, Elegies, Epistles, Dramatic frag- ments.... Odes, lambes (a word which the Latin and English ' Satire ' is too weak to render), and Miscel- laneous Poems. The considerable bulk of poetic work indicated by such a list as this is itself evidence of great power in a man who died at thirty-one. But 158 THE CLAIMS OF FRENCH POETRY the variety of his work is even stronger evidence of his gifts than the amount. It is a wide field that stretches from the pure art, instinct only with the desire of doing a beautiful thing, which makes the best of the Bucolics like a collection of Greek reliefs, to the burning political heat of the lambes : and it is a great achievement to have covered it so early in life.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And, conscious of his genius, he is not afraid of proposing to himself ambitious schemes. One may almost say that he aims at being at once the Pindar, the Lucretius, the Theo- critus, and in a sense even the Aristophanes, of his country. It is not given, even to genius, to attain complete success in such various fields ; but he shows real power in all, and that is no small thing to say.
His work, as we have it, is divided into several classes : Bucolics, Elegies, Epistles, Dramatic frag- ments.... Odes, lambes (a word which the Latin and English ' Satire ' is too weak to render), and Miscel- laneous Poems. The considerable bulk of poetic work indicated by such a list as this is itself evidence of great power in a man who died at thirty-one. But 158 THE CLAIMS OF FRENCH POETRY the variety of his work is even stronger evidence of his gifts than the amount. It is a wide field that stretches from the pure art, instinct only with the desire of doing a beautiful thing, which makes the best of the Bucolics like a collection of Greek reliefs, to the burning political heat of the lambes : and it is a great achievement to have covered it so early in life.
What to read after The Claims of French Poetry Nine Studies in the Greater French Poets?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Bailey John Cann to read onlineMoreLess
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