But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.Lascelles Abercrombie
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Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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Development,
Does,
Epic,
Exact,
Forward,
Go,
Human,
Process,
Recurring,
Repetition,
Series,
Society,
Straight,
Therefore,
Though,
Will
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