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 needs invention
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.
successful epic may
The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.
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.
teaching looks students
How to tell students what to look for without telling them what to see is the dilemma of teaching.
individuality age balance
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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.