Download or read book Studies of the Greek Poets Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by John Addington Symonds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies of the Greek Poets, Vol. 2 of 2 Two conditions, both of which the Greeks enjoyed in full per fection at the moment of their first dramatic energy, seem to be requisite for the production of a great and thoroughly national drama. These are, first, an era of intense activity or a period succeeding immediately to one of excitement, by which the na tion has been nobly agitated; secondly, a public worthy of the damatist 'spurring him on by its enthusiasm and intelligence to the creation of high works of art. A glance at the history of the drama in modern times will prove how necessary these con ditions are. It was the gigantic effort which we English people made in our struggle with Rome and Spain, it was the rousing of our keenest thought and profoundest emotion by the Reforma tion, which prepared us for the Elizabethan drama, by far the greatest, next to the Greek, in literature. The nation lived in ao tion, and delighted to see great actions imitated. Races in repose or servitude, like the Hebrews under the Roman empire, may, in their state of spiritual exaltation and by effort of pondering on the mysteries cf God and man, give birth to new theosophies; but it requires a free and active race, in Which young and turbulent blood is flowing, to produce a drama. In England, again, at that time, there was a great public. All classes crowded to the thea tres. London, in whose streets and squares martyrs had been burned, on whose quays the pioneers of the Atlantic and Pacific, after disputing the Indies with Spain, lounged and enjoyed their leisure, supplied an eager audience, delighting in the dreams of poets which recalled to mind the realities of their own lives, ap preciating the passion of tragedy, enjoying the mirth of comic in eident. _the men who listened to Othello had both done and suf fered largely; their own experience was mirrored in the scenes of blood and struggle set before them. These two things, therefore - the awakening of the whole English nation to activity, and the presence of a free and haughty audience - made our drama great. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Studies of the Greek Poets Vol 1 2 written by John Addington Symonds and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Studies of the Greek Poets" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by the English poet and literary critic John Addington Symonds that features a comprehensive survey of Greek poetry. This carefully crafted DigiCat ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Contents: The Periods of Greek Literature Mythology Achilles The Women of Homer Hesiod Parmenides Empedocles The Gnomic Poets The Satirists The Lyric Poets Pindar Aeschylus Sophocles Greek Tragedy and Euripides The Fragments of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides The Fragments of the Lost Tragic Poets Ancient and Modern Tragedy Aristophanes The Comic Fragments The Idyllists The Anthology Hero and Leander The Genius of Greek Art Conclusion
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Download or read book Studies of the Greek Poets Volume 2 of 2 written by John Addington Symonds and published by HARPER & BROTHERS. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Example in this ebook CHAPTER XIV. GREEK TRAGEDY AND EURIPIDES. The chapters on Æschylus and Sophocles have already introduced the reader to some of the principal questions regarding Attic tragedy in general. Yet the opening of a new volume justifies the resumption of this subject from the beginning, while the peculiar position of Euripides, in relation to his two great predecessors, suggests the systematic discussion of the religious ideas which underlay this supreme form of national art, as well as of the æsthetical rules which it obeyed in Greece. Critics who are contented with referring the origin of the Greek drama to the mimetic instinct inherent in all humanity are apt to neglect those circumstances which render it an almost unique phenomenon in literature. If the mimetic instinct were all that is requisite for the origination of a national drama, then we might expect to find that every race at a certain period of its development produced both tragedy and comedy. This, however, is far from being the case. A certain rude mimesis, such as the acting of descriptive dances or the jesting of buffoons and mummers, is indeed common in all ages and nations. But there are only two races which can be said to have produced the drama as a fine art originally and independently of foreign influences. These are the Greeks and the Hindoos. With reference to the latter, it is even questionable whether they would have composed plays so perfect as their famous Sakountala without contact with Hellenic civilization. All the products of the modern drama, whether tragic or comic, must be regarded as the direct progeny of the Greek stage. The habit of play-acting, continued from Athens to Alexandria, and from Rome to Byzantium, never wholly expired. The "Christus Patiens," attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus, was an adaptation of the art of Euripides to Christian story; and the representation of "Mysteries" during the Middle Ages kept alive the dramatic tradition, until the discovery of classic literature and the revival of taste in modern Europe led to the great works of the English, Spanish, French, and subsequently of the German theatre. Something more than the mere instinct of imitation, therefore, caused the Greeks to develop their drama. Like sculpture, like the epic, the drama was one of the artistic forms through which the genius of the Greek race expressed itself—by which, to use the language of philosophical mysticism, it fulfilled its destiny as a prime agent in the manifestation of the World-Spirit. In their realization of that perfect work of art for which they seem to have been specially ordained, the drama was no less requisite than sculpture and architecture, than the epic, the ode, and the idyl. Two conditions, both of which the Greeks enjoyed in full perfection at the moment of their first dramatic energy, seem to be requisite for the production of a great and thoroughly national drama. These are, first, an era of intense activity or a period succeeding immediately to one of excitement, by which the nation has been nobly agitated; secondly, a public worthy of the dramatist spurring him on by its enthusiasm and intelligence to the creation of high works of art. A glance at the history of the drama in modern times will prove how necessary these conditions are. To be continue in this ebook
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Download or read book Studies of the Greek Poets written by John Addington Symonds and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Introductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets written by Henry Nelson Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets: Designed Principally for the Use of Young Persons at School and College In submitting this work to the public, I trust I may justify myself against any charge of individual presumption, by alleging the apparent usefulness of the undertaking, if well executed, and also that the matter itself is principally, though not exclusively, intended for young persons. It is possible, indeed, that a perusal of these introductions may not be unserviceable to many well educated readers of any age, and of either sex; but I do not directly address myself to graduates of any degree. By those who are still called boys, I hope the teaching of him, who has ceased to be one, will be as kindly received as it is affectionately given. My wish is to enable youthful student to form a more just and liberal judgement of the characters and merits of the Greek poets than he has commonly an opportunity of doing at school; and for that purpose to habituate his mind to sound principles of literary criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Greek Poets written by Nathan Haskell Dole and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Greek Poets: An Anthology As regards classical literature, the winnowing fan of Time has in a large measure performed this task. When it is remembered that out of all the vast mass of prose and verse that was produced during the palmy days of Hellenic civilization, scarcely more than six thousand lines remain as the product of a century and a half of the intensest productivity, that a multitude of those who were highly regarded in their own time, are now nothing more than a name, the extent of the loss may be easily appreciated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Poets of Greece Classic Reprint written by Edwin Arnold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poets of Greece Invited by the eminent Firm which has published this volume to write The Poets of Greece for them, I might well have declined the task, both because of its magnitude and my unceasing literary duties. But the temptation of being thus gently obliged to wander once more in the myrtle-gardens of Greek Song was too strong to resist; and if my toil has been great, so has been my pleasure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Studies of the Greek Poets written by John Addington Symonds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies of the Greek Poets: Second Series Those who wish to read both series of Studies of Greek Poets together will find the order of the chapters to be as follows: - 1. The Periods of Greek Literature; 2. Mythology; 3. Achilles; 4. The Women of Homer; 5. Hesiod; 6. Parmenides; 7. Empedocles; 8. The Gnomic Poets; 9. The Satirists; 10. The Lyric Poets; 11. Pindar; 12. Æschylus; 13. Sophocles; 14. Greek Tragedy and Euripides; 15. The Fragments of Æschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; 16. The Fragments of the Lost Tragic Poets; 17. Ancient and Modern Tragedy; 18. Aristophanes; 19. The Fragments of the Comic Poets; 20. The Idyllists; 21. The Anthology; 22. Hero and Leander; 23. The Genius of Greek Art; 24. Conclusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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