Quotes about Things by Lascelles Abercrombie

Lascelles Abercrombie British Poet

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 things

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 things

Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about things