 It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this : that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life ; that the greatness , of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life, — to the question : How to live.  Appletons' Journal - עמוד 821880תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1898 - 166 דפים
...As a poet Coleridge's rank is very much a matter of definitions. If we say, with Matthew Arnold, " that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life ; that...ideas to life, — to the question : How to live," Coleridge must give precedence to many others, and to none of his contemporaries more than to Wordsworth... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1898 - 458 דפים
...English Bible, are great art." ' This may be taken as merely a different phrasing of Arnold's principle that "the greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life^lb the question : How to live." Surely, then, we are not at liberty to presj any objection to... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley, Fred Newton Scott - 1899 - 620 דפים
...position rests upon three assumptions : first, that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life, — " The greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful...of ideas to life — to the question : How to live '' (On Translating Homer) ; second, that there exist generally recognized laws of poetic beauty and... | |
 | William Franklin Webster - 1900 - 318 דפים
...years other swarms came to the same place." (Burroughs.) " It is important, therefore, to holdfast to this : that poetry is at bottom a criticism of...ideas to life, — to the question : How to live. Morals are often treated in a narrow and false fashion ; they are bound up with systems of thought... | |
 | John Murray Moore - 1901 - 162 דפים
...fulfils Matthew Arnold's fine definition of Poetry — "Poetry is at bottom a criticism of life, and the greatness of a poet lies in his •powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life and to the question, 'How to Live!" Imprimis, I must ask you to believe that the great poet was not... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1902 - 162 דפים
...As a poet Coleridge's rank is very much a matter of definitions. If we say, with Matthew Arnold, " that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life ; that...ideas to life, — to the question : How to live," Coleridge must give precedence to many others, and to none of his contemporaries more than to Wordsworth... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 404 דפים
...human life itself is in so preponderating a degree moral. It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this : that poetry is at bottom a criticism of...ideas to life, — to the question : How to live. Morals are often treated in a narrow and false fashion ; they are bound up with systems of thought... | |
 | John Alfred Woods - 1903 - 120 דפים
...Matthew Arnold says what applies with equal force to all composers : " It is important to hold fast to this ; that poetry is at bottom a criticism of...powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life — the question of how to live. ' ' There is sunshine in abundance else there could be no shadow.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 354 דפים
...because human life itself is in so preponderating a degree moral It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this : that poetry is at bottom a criticism of...ideas to life, — to the question : How to live. Morals are often treated in a i narrow andjfalse fashion^ ihey are bound up with systems of thought... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 374 דפים
...human life itself is in so preponderating a degree moral. It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this : that poetry is at bottom a criticism of...ideas to life, — to the question : How to live. Morals are often treated in a narrow and false fashion ; they are bound up with systems of thought... | |
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