Quotes by Lascelles Abercrombie about Poetry
10 quotes by Lascelles Abercrombie about poetry
Lascelles Abercrombie British Poet
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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 poetry
![If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-2120p240.jpg)
If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
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![No great poetry, of whatever kind, is conceivable unless...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-2125p24.jpg)
No great poetry, of whatever kind, is conceivable unless the subject has become integrated with the poet's mind and mood.
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![Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-2128p35.jpg)
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
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![The invention of epic poetry corresponds with a definite...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-2141p38.jpg)
The invention of epic poetry corresponds with a definite and, in the history of the world, often recurring state of society.
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![The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-2144p251.jpg)
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about poetry