Tagged: Henri Bergson

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

November 24, 2021

The New Laokoon (Part 16)

I am happy to present the sixteenth post (Word Painting, con’t) of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts.”

Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

October 17, 2019

Romanticism and Nature (Part 6)

(Pictured: Narcissus.) I am happy to present the sixth and final post of Chapter VIII of Rousseau and Romanticism, “Romanticism and Nature,” in which Irving Babbitt treats of the idolatry of outer nature, conceived...

Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

September 4, 2019

Romanticism and Nature (Part 3)

(Pictured: Wordsworth.) I am happy to present the third post of Chapter VIII of Rousseau and Romanticism, “Romanticism and Nature,” in which Irving Babbitt treats of the idolatry of outer nature, conceived as a...

Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

November 30, 2018

Romantic Morality: The Real (Part 3)

(Pictured: Friedrich Nietzsche.) I am happy to present the third post of Chapter V, “Romantic Morality: The Real,” in which Irving Babbitt addresses the descent of the romantics from altruistic idealism to egoistic realism, both...