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Lascelles Abercrombie quotes

British Poet January 9, 1881 – October 27, 1938

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Lascelles Abercrombie quote: "The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary..."
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read. Lascelles Abercrombie
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does. Lascelles Abercrombie
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
The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always. Lascelles Abercrombie
The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age. Lascelles Abercrombie
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative. Lascelles Abercrombie
Lascelles Abercrombie quote: "It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of..."
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. Lascelles Abercrombie

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