New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29
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ALFRED AusrN's IDEAS on POETRY
Poetry is translguraton OF lie; IN
~ Ycrsr or rhythm. OF whatever men perceive,
feel THINK, do The relative greatness oi poet V
tbcr words upon how much Of whatever men perceive;
feel think do he has il verse OF ray t Representa-
ImaduativCy. In yauug the amount O NE poe ~
troutHared in other words. In estimating the relll's
greatness Of poet the place Of honor dignity an wv
norrance must be assigned 20 action, the next 10
ihougLt the next emotion, and tho last to perception
or observation The Contemporary review
Tur DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENGLISH AND
AwETIcAN NoyELS.-G is hard TO cay exactly wherein
The difference between American ana Enghsh novels
consists Putting aside Mr. James VINO Is or ~, PI'c.
,;l Dr,osos a Iaropcan, should be Inclined TO say
maj the best American stories arc cAat2ct'IHeI ny
certain straightforward way OF looking ll mo''rs AZ
,iIs aiirL We m our endless subtletrs AM quau-
ti0ns Iav. lost With them right apt to be right,
and wrong wrong: their moral judgments are very
anu bet orr ropdfather. who so fooishly cut them
airiI would have passed IL 10 the curious cohua1i
%"twsen the ethics of a child and ne VII d Us I
SO, - a crown man hat makes the Yankee character
SO attractive those who kno" 1t IN ITS Ocs' u''eov
mcnts.--lThe Athcn1um
THE RAREsr LITERARY MERIT-Ne are al
most driven by the modern sHPtiaDuHu@h,.t w., 80
,I, that of literary merits, the most cstlitD' a.
s The rarcst Is stlfrcsiraint and tersc ekactne'' VI
language II would seem ash the poems Oh slIs ,
H witch are most likely TO live IN the love Of tuuS
r Jrr- are her comets. Their mere dhnsiHenes' ~
syv ann many Of our 100 woriy Ministries a II az. Wy
,irnr meets Of tho Eizabrthan age Perhaps tuelt
roo muck rush II sap Cow as then or II my ue Wy
overflow of language IL the drive OF weary "uI,,
Wratte: but however that may be. We md ourselves
Hanging for crystal-clear and polished song sucu -
Waller or sucking could write, or for i""e'' "osA ~.
i,i.tic art Ike one or two OF Grays poems, OF 10"
nae OF cpgram powerful and balan' co. as "''o 'N
In's,.. M DRYDEN and Pope The Spectator
RrsINEssLIKE POETRY.--Natue ~ a g tc"S
- rnrnuni.t and gives every man MS iltut oI,'1n
~ ia for busincss purposes, and poet ABOVE az,
men ia called upon to be busintssllke IN. unV,' 40
inyo.p a GOOD poet aud a bad poet l. that oi
., nnetic business while the other does not =
Ike and so Tree from manner is the hlsuest Poe IN
{, I'm. 10 nave written sell Even III slCi
i,otixs work as the Ancient Mariner anu 80
- I'm, method hen Il comes 10 avjual uiai!iLiV ~.
,,,'@nt /. a. direct AMI busincsslke As Hls III ~.
1,,oi If Sir John Moore " and lloods song q, ia
shirt IL n 49, 49, "a ,rJsy,rth'. really precious
T,ams Coierdgcs fame too rests upSu duoui go mo
49, small AS is the actual quantityot hls WoIa t,s
m Irs from the weight OF ovsprYdncon keats nr
80 v,uud seem al present ~ depend aio9t Sor
49, h., rnntruts OF the lttlo Hyperion - I'm.
n IL the fashion just no" To and Banco
n,,nn" collins Gray, Charles "oie M i,ri~ ele.
Viii 100 snow clearly enough hat slhb1 Giirnt 10
~ ar sonnet II OF supreme excellence saIinns while
~ Va poet's name 10 future geneTatVnI yttons
''. men n, southeys Thalaba ana LV1 tu the
KIN Arthur are forgotten a. soon ~ Pf'u"''N
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