A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and LiteratureH:G: Bohn, 1846 - 535 pagina's |
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Pagina 21
... perhaps discovered the true key to the ancient and modern history of poetry and the fine arts . Those who adopted it , gave to the peculiar spirit of modern art , as con- trasted with the antique or classical , the name of romantic ...
... perhaps discovered the true key to the ancient and modern history of poetry and the fine arts . Those who adopted it , gave to the peculiar spirit of modern art , as con- trasted with the antique or classical , the name of romantic ...
Pagina 22
... perhaps too much of sculptors , and the mo- dern sculptors too much of painters . This is the exact point of difference ; for , as I shall distinctly show in the sequel , the spirit of ancient art and poetry is plastic , but that of the ...
... perhaps too much of sculptors , and the mo- dern sculptors too much of painters . This is the exact point of difference ; for , as I shall distinctly show in the sequel , the spirit of ancient art and poetry is plastic , but that of the ...
Pagina 34
... perhaps in every sense of the word ; and I do not doubt , that in the establish- ment of arbitrary rules , and the delicate observance of insig- nificant conventionalities , they leave the most correct Euro- peans very far behind them ...
... perhaps in every sense of the word ; and I do not doubt , that in the establish- ment of arbitrary rules , and the delicate observance of insig- nificant conventionalities , they leave the most correct Euro- peans very far behind them ...
Pagina 35
... perhaps more perfect than the so - called Commedia dell ' Arte , in which , the parts being fixed and invariable , the dialogue is extemporised by masked actors . In the ancient Saturnalia we have probably the germ of the present ...
... perhaps more perfect than the so - called Commedia dell ' Arte , in which , the parts being fixed and invariable , the dialogue is extemporised by masked actors . In the ancient Saturnalia we have probably the germ of the present ...
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... perhaps be accomplished : I know of no translation of a Greek tragedian deserving of unqualified praise . But even suppos ing the translation as perfect as possible , and deviating very slightly from the original , the reader who is ...
... perhaps be accomplished : I know of no translation of a Greek tragedian deserving of unqualified praise . But even suppos ing the translation as perfect as possible , and deviating very slightly from the original , the reader who is ...
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A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature August Wilhelm von Schlegel Volledige weergave - 1846 |
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Pagina 398 - Say, there be ; Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean ; so, o'er that art Which, you say, adds to nature, is an art That nature makes.
Pagina 431 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Pagina 410 - Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word, Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.
Pagina 372 - This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit. 60 He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice As full of labour as a wise man's art.
Pagina 16 - I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Pagina 342 - The ancient art and poetry rigorously separate things which are dissimilar; the romantic delights in indissoluble mixtures; all contrarieties: nature and art, poetry and prose, seriousness and mirth, recollection and anticipation, spirituality and sensuality, terrestrial and celestial, life and death, are by it blended together in the most intimate combination.
Pagina 400 - ... declaration of love and modest return to the most unlimited passion, to an irrevocable union; then, amidst alternating storms of rapture and despair, to...
Pagina 365 - ... tame insipidity. Hence, an idea has been formed of simple and natural pathos, which consists in exclamations destitute of imagery, and nowise elevated above every-day life. But energetical passions electrify the whole of the mental powers, and will, consequently, in highly favoured natures, express themselves in an ingenious and figurative manner.
Pagina 16 - You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history, — with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
Pagina 404 - The whole is intended to show that a calculating consideration, which exhausts all the relations and possible consequences of a deed, must cripple the power of acting...