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It is natural that, after the epic poet has arrived, the...

It is natural that, after the epic poet has arrived, the crude epic material in which he worked should scarcely be heard of.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about poets

The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about tradition, poets, style

With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about determination, poetry, poets, man

An epic is not even a re-creation of old things; it is...

An epic is not even a re-creation of old things; it is altogether a new creation, a new creation in terms of old things.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about creation, old, olderness, things

An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic...

An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie

But it is Virgil who really begins the development of...

But it is Virgil who really begins the development of epic art.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about evolution, art, magic

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about evolution, society, human imperfections

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about society, poetry, art, magic

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not...

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about fall, poetry

No one will ever imagine character more deeply or more firmly than Homer did in, say, Achilles; but Apollonius was the man who showed how epic as well as drama may use the nice minutiae of psychological imagination.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about imagination, character, use, man

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.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about invention, poetry

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.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about work, time, poets, spirit

The first epics were intended for recitation; the...

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about literary critic

The folk-origin of ballads and the multiple authorship of epics are heresies worse than the futilities of the Baconians; at any rate, they are based on the same resolute omission, and build on it a wilder fantasy.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about origin

The invention of epic poetry corresponds with a definite...

The invention of epic poetry corresponds with a definite and, in the history of the world, often recurring state of society.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about invention, society, poetry, history, state, world

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.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about nation, value, interest, world

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.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about destiny, ability, experience, human imperfections, things, man

God gave man two ears, but only one mouth, that he might...

God gave man two ears, but only one mouth, that he might hear twice as much as he speaks.

Quote by Epictet about opinion, god, man

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