| Absolute criticism - 1912 - 396 pages
...then of a Gothick, not classical, Poem, the Faerie Queene is to be read and criticised. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its...merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted. ' ' Hurd now becomes apologetic. "I have taken the fancy to try my hand on this curious subject." Here... | |
| Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1920 - 394 pages
...idea then of a Gothic not classical poem the Faery Queen is to be read and criticised. And on these principles it would not be difficult to unfold its...in another way than has been hitherto attempted." For example, in regard to its general plan, "Judge of the Faery Queen by the classic models, and you... | |
| Matei Călinescu - Avant-Garde (Aesthetics) - 1987 - 416 pages
...the idea of a gothic, not of a classical poem, in order to be adequately understood: "And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted."35 Going beyond the scope of a mere defense, Hurd's discussion of Tasso concludes with the... | |
| R. R. Agrawal - Art - 1990 - 316 pages
...then of a Gothic, not classical poem, the Faerie Queene is to be read and criticised. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted."45 In Letter VIII, entitled "Faerie Queene criticised," he again emphasizes the same point,... | |
| Ingeborg Hoesterey - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 292 pages
...the idea of a gothic, not of a classical poem, in order to be adequately understood: "And on those principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its...in another way than has been hitherto attempted." But even Hurd, as his argument unfolds, turns out to be less of a consistent aesthetic dualist than... | |
| Emma Clery, Robert Miles - Fiction - 2000 - 322 pages
...idea then of a Gothic, not classical poem, the Faery Queen is to be read and criticized. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its...hitherto attempted. Milton, it is true, preferred the classic model to the Gothic. But it was after long hesitation; and his favourite subject was Arthur... | |
| Thomas Warton - Chivalry in literature - 2001 - 144 pages
...and character of theie poets was widely different. Under this idea then of .a Gothic, not claflical poem, the Faery Queen is to be read and criticized....thefe principles, it would not be difficult to unfold it's merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted. Milton, it is true, preferred the claflic... | |
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