Lascelles Abercrombie
Lascelles Abercrombie
Lascelles Abercrombie was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 January 1881
Lascelles Abercrombie quotes about
epic firsts recitation
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
epic world artistic
The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.
destiny men epic
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
adjusting continuous
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.