Maxioms by Lascelles Abercrombie
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into read more
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production read more
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is read more
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
