The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)When we speak of poetry, as an art, we...
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Author: Hurd, Richard,1720-1808
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The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)

€6,34

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)

€6,34
Author: Hurd, Richard,1720-1808
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)

When we speak of poetry, as an art, we mean such a way or method of treating a subject, as is found most pleasing and delightful to us. In all other kinds of literary composition, pleasure is subordinate to USE: in poetry only, PLEASURE is the end, to which use itself (however it be, for certain reasons, always pretended) must submit. This idea of the end of poetry is no novel one, but indeed the very same which our great philosopher entertained of it; who gives it as the essential note of this part of learningTHAT IT SUBMITS THE SHEWS OF THINGS TO THE DESIRES OF THE MIND: WHEREAS REASON DOTH BUCKLE AND BOW THE MIND UNTO THE NATURE OF THINGS. For to gratify the desires of the mind, is to PLEASE: Pleasure then, in the 4 idea of Lord Bacon, is the ultimate and appropriate end of poetry; for the sake of which it accommodates itself to the desires of the mind, and doth not (as other kinds of writing, which are under the controul of reason) buckle and bow the mind to the nature of things. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53012
Author: Hurd, Richard
Release Date: Sep 8, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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