Author: David Lane

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

August 4, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 10)

I am happy to present the tenth post of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts.” This is the final installment of Chapter IV, The Theory of Spontaneity.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

July 20, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 9)

I am happy to present the ninth post of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts.”

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

June 28, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 8)

Our previous post concluded Babbitt’s treatment of the neo-classical confusion of the arts; with this post we begin his treatment of the romantic confusion of the arts.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

June 12, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 7)

I am happy to present the seventh post of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon,” an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

May 25, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 6)

I am happy to present the sixth post of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts,” published in 1910.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

May 10, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 5)

(Pictured: Boileau.) I am happy to present the fifth post of Irving Babbitt’s book The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910, in which Babbitt followed the model...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

April 22, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 4)

I am happy to present the fourth post of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts.”

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

April 6, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 3)

(Pictured: Alexander Pope.) I am happy to present the third post of Irving Babbitt’s book The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910, in which Babbitt followed the...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

March 17, 2021

(Pictured: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.) I am happy to present the second post of Irving Babbitt’s book The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910, in which Babbitt followed...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

February 24, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 1)

(Pictured: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.) I am happy to present the first post of Irving Babbitt’s book The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910, in which Babbitt followed...