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According to Goethe, Byron’s poetical power eclipsed all other mortals, and he was not held back by petty morality, being possessed of a virtue of which the bourgeoisie had no conception.
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
Arnold argued that a broad knowledge of culture, “the best that has been thought and said,” would provide standards to resist the errors…
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Chris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
All great artists are, said Arnold, imbued with ‘the aspiration to leave the world better and happier than they find it’.
Alain de Botton • Status Anxiety (NON-FICTION)
Thomas Carlyle, on poetry as “musical thought” (from “On Heroes”) https://t.co/iRiUYAgUYE
Tradition and the Individual Talent by T. S. Eliot | Poetry Foundation
T. S. Eliotpoetryfoundation.org
We shine with brightness. And I who am here dissembled Proffer my deeds to oblivion, and my love To the posterity of the desert and the fruit of the gourd.
T.S. Eliot • The Essential T.S. Eliot
Poetry is an essential part of society—but only as itself and not as a vehicle for something else.