An Apology for Poetry (Part 2)
The discourse on Thomistic angelology may serve to shed light on the nature of man and the consequent nature of poetry. I have considerably revised Part 2, which appears forthwith.
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The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter 2 [concluded]
Having published my “Apology for Poetry” and Chapter I of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I should now like to offer a further , and final, excerpt from Chapter II,...
The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter 2
Having published my “Apology for Poetry” and Chapter I of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I now present the first posting of Chapter II, “The Molpê.” The Classical Tradition in Poetry...
The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter 1 [concluded]
Having published my “Apology for Poetry” in the first three posts of Tradition Restored and, most recently, the second of three comprising Chapter I of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I...
The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter 1
Having published my “Apology for Poetry” in the last three posts, I shall herewith share selected chapters from Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, which appeared in 1927 and comprised his...
An Apology for Poetry, Part 2
An Apology for Poetry: an Aristotelean View What follows is Part 2 of a commentary on my long poem, “The Young Poet’s Elegy to the Court of God,” in which several years ago I...
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