 I learnt from him that poetry, even that of the loftiest, and, seemingly, that of the wildest odes, had a logic of its own as severe as that of science, and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes.  Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions - Pàgina 7per Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1847 - 804 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Meyer Howard Abrams - 1971 - 420 pàgines
...schoolmaster, Bowyer, had so strenuously impressed on him) must proceed on the assumption that poetry has 'a logic of its own, as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because . . . dependent on more, and more fugitive causes.' Tl VI Varieties of Romantic Theory: SHELLEY, HAZLITT,... | |
 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak - 1975 - 84 pàgines
...of poetry. Speaking of the influence of Bowyer, his teacher at school, Coleridge says : "I learned from him that poetry, even that of the loftiest and,...complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes" (BL p. 4, Vol. I). He speaks of Cowper and Bowles as poets who were the first to "reconcile the heart... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1984 - 860 pàgines
...lessons too, which required most time and trouble to bring up, so as to escape his censure. I learnt from him, that Poetry, even that of the loftiest,...odes, had a logic of its own, as severe as that of science;2 and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more, and more fugitive... | |
 | Trevor Whittock - 1990 - 200 pàgines
...there was a reason for every word, and for the position of every word, and that even the wildest ode had a logic of its own "as severe as that of science, and more difficult, more complex."28 This is more than sensible exhortation. It is the fundamental axiom that underlies... | |
 | Barbara Maria Stafford - 1993 - 634 pàgines
...Metaphysical poets (especially John Donne). For him, their works demonstrated that even the wildest conceit had "a logic of its own, as severe as that of science;...complex, and dependent on more, and more fugitive causes."144 This profound stylistic connection between Mannerism and Romanticism, previously hinted... | |
 | Michigan Schoolmasters' Club - 1909 - 238 pàgines
...does Coleridge leave any doubt of the nature of this teaching. From Boyer he learned that poetry has a logic of its own "as severe as that of science ;...difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent upon more and more fugitive causes." This logic he traced out, too, in the words and phrases of the... | |
 | 1992 - 312 pàgines
...way is different in principle from the kind of 'logic' which limps along after, " 12 when he contests that "Poetry, even that of the loftiest and, seemingly, that of the wildest odes, has a logic of its own, as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more... | |
 | Arnold Schoenberg - 1995 - 512 pàgines
...to the laws of the mind. A classic description of poetic logic is that of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Poetry, even that of the loftiest and, seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own, as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more... | |
 | Kay Redfield Jamison - 1996 - 388 pàgines
...and unfurled wings, also underscored the absolute necessity for order and reason. "Poetry," he wrote, "even that of the loftiest, and seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more... | |
 | Peter Hughes, Robert Rehder - 1996 - 258 pàgines
...writer start. The untrained reader is bound to make mistakes and Coleridge warns us that poetry follows a "logic of its own, as severe as that of science," and that since in great poetry there is a reason for every word, it demands a high degree of attention.... | |
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