That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the — Lascelles Abercrombie
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows — Lascelles Abercrombie
It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become — Lascelles Abercrombie
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation — Lascelles Abercrombie
With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would — Lascelles Abercrombie
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is — Lascelles Abercrombie
The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations — Lascelles Abercrombie
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; — Lascelles Abercrombie
The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. — Lascelles Abercrombie
The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is — Lascelles Abercrombie
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read. — Lascelles Abercrombie
The border ballads, for instance, and the robin hood ballads, clearly suppose a state — Lascelles Abercrombie
For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without — Lascelles Abercrombie
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be — Lascelles Abercrombie
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals — Lascelles Abercrombie
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly — Lascelles Abercrombie
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation — Lascelles Abercrombie
But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process — Lascelles Abercrombie
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies — Lascelles Abercrombie