Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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Page 10
... interest is awakened , dramatic poetry succeds the epic , thus satisfying the want produced by the farther devel- opment of our nature . For the interest of the epic consists in that character of greatness that in the infancy of the ...
... interest is awakened , dramatic poetry succeds the epic , thus satisfying the want produced by the farther devel- opment of our nature . For the interest of the epic consists in that character of greatness that in the infancy of the ...
Page 27
... interest in Homer's heroes , whom the gods are ready every moment to shield or snatch from the dubious fight ? Not , I answer , because we consider them mere machines acting but from others ' impulses , for then we could take no interest ...
... interest in Homer's heroes , whom the gods are ready every moment to shield or snatch from the dubious fight ? Not , I answer , because we consider them mere machines acting but from others ' impulses , for then we could take no interest ...
Page 35
... interest in the destruction of Jerusalem , no genius or skill could possibly pre- serve the interest for the hero from being merged in the interest for the event . " We will not touch upon other objections which he himself has urged ...
... interest in the destruction of Jerusalem , no genius or skill could possibly pre- serve the interest for the hero from being merged in the interest for the event . " We will not touch upon other objections which he himself has urged ...
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admiration Aristotle beauty become beneath bloom bosom Boston breast breath bright child childlike Christ Christian consciousness creations dæmon dark death Divine doth earth ence endeavor to show epic interest epic poem epic poetry eternal exhibit existence Father feel felt flower forever free agency genius gift give Hamlet hand Harfleur hast hear heart heaven heroes heroic character heroic spirit Homer hour human mind Iliad impulse influence JAMES BROWN light live look Lucan Macbeth Menelaus Milton motive Nathaniel Parker natural action never night o'er objects onward ourselves outward Paradise Lost perfect play poet poet's Polonius possessed praise present rejoice rendered rest robes seems selfishness sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's mind song soul speak stand strange stream strongly sweet tell thee thine things thou thought tion tism tongue tree uncon unconscious utter Virgil visible voice wind wonder words