Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes About 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.

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  Epic, Destiny, Men

• Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.

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  Attitude, Epic, Said

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

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  Fall, Epic, Poetry Is

• 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.

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  Epic, Needs, Invention

• 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.

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  Successful, Epic, May

• 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.

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  Epic, Style, Matter

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

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  Epic, Firsts, Recitation

• 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.

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  Epic, World, Artistic

• 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.

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  Determination, Epic, Men

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