Cursory Observations On the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782)
Cursory Observations On the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782)
Malone Edmond
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Theformer, in his Dissertation on _Ella_, says, “Whatever claim might havebeen made in favour of Chatterton as the author [of _the Battle ofHastings_], founded either on his own unsupported and improbableassertion, or on the supposed possibility of his writing these twopoems, assisted by Mr. Pope’s translation [of Homer], no plea of thiskind can be urged with regard to any other poem in the collection, andleast of all to the dramatick works, or the tragedy of _Ella_; whichrequired not only an e...levation of poetic genius far superior to thatpossessed by Chatterton, but also such moral and mental qualificationsas never entered into any part of his character or conduct, and whichcould not possibly be acquired by a youth of his age and inexperience. ”“Where (we are triumphantly asked) could he learn the nice rules of theInterlude, by the introduction of a chorus, and the application of theirsongs to the moral and virtuous object of the performance?”-- Where?--from Mr. Mason’s _Elfrida_ and _Caractacus_, in which he found a perfectmodel of the Greek drama, and which doubtless he had read.
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