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The Ethical Element in Literature; Being an Attempt to Promote a Method of Teaching Literature Illustrated by an Interpretation of the in Memoriam, and by Comments on the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Including the Text of Julius Caesar, with Notes

The Ethical Element in Literature; Being an Attempt to Promote a Method of Teaching Literature Illustrated by an Interpretation of the in Memoriam, and by Comments on the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Including the Text of Julius Caesar, with Notes


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1891 Excerpt: ... IN MEMORIAM--AN INTERPRETATION. The record of a faith sublime, And hope, through clouds, far-off discerned; The incense of a love that burned Through pain and doubt defying Time: The story of a soul at strife That learned at last to kiss the rod. And passed through sorrow up to God, Prom living to a higher life: A light that gleams across the wave Of darkness, down the rolling years, Piercing the heavy mist of tears--A rainbow shining o'er the grave.--Henry van Dyke. HARLES Kingsley called In Memoriam "the noblest Christian poem which several centuries have seen.' Others equally eminent have characterized it as "the most distinctly theological poem of the century," "the finest elegiac poem in the world," "one of the great world-poems worthy to be placed in the same list with the Oresteia, the Divina Corn/media, and Faust." What then shall be thought of Taine as a critic of English literature who could write thus: "His long poem, In Memoriam, written in praise and memory of a friend who died young is cold, monotonous, and too prettily arranged. He goes into mourning, but, like a correct gentleman, with bran-new gloves, wipes away his tears with a cambric handkerchief, and displays throughout the religious service which ends the ceremony all the compunction of a respectful and well-trained layman." As a criticism this may be bright and "smart." However, it kills, not In Memoriam, but Taine's English Literature. With less smartness, perhaps, but more truth, the Rev. Charles E. Cooledge has written: "the full significance of In Memoriam, in its ethical and spiritual teachings, is not perceived at once, but, like gold, must be sought far below the surface." This describes my own experience. For years I have loved to read In Memoriam, but I read it, until recentl...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151500939
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 44
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151500933
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 95 gr


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