Maxioms by Lascelles Abercrombie
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving read more
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into read more
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
