Essays On the Poets And Other English Writers
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The fine arts have now come to be regarded, rather as powers that are to mould, than as luxuries that are to embellish. And it has followed that artists are valued more by the elabo- rate agencies which ihey guide, than by the fugitive sensations of wonder or sympathy which they evoke.
Now this is a change honorable to both sides. The public has altered its estimate of certain men ; and yet has not been able to do so, without previously en- larging its idea of the means through which those men ...operate. It could not elevate the men, without previ- ously elevating itself. But, if so, then, in correcting their appreciation of the fine arts, the public must si- multaneously have corrected their appreciation of lite- rature ; because whether men have or have not been in the habit of regarding literature as a fine art, this they must have felt, viz., that literature, in its more genial functions, works by the very same organs as the liberal 'Digitized by LjOOQIC 126 OI.IVBE GOLDSMITH.
arts, speaks to the same heart, operates through the same compound nature, and educates the same deep sympathies with mysterious ideals of beauty.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The fine arts have now come to be regarded, rather as powers that are to mould, than as luxuries that are to embellish. And it has followed that artists are valued more by the elabo- rate agencies which ihey guide, than by the fugitive sensations of wonder or sympathy which they evoke.
Now this is a change honorable to both sides. The public has altered its estimate of certain men ; and yet has not been able to do so, without previously en- larging its idea of the means through which those men ...operate. It could not elevate the men, without previ- ously elevating itself. But, if so, then, in correcting their appreciation of the fine arts, the public must si- multaneously have corrected their appreciation of lite- rature ; because whether men have or have not been in the habit of regarding literature as a fine art, this they must have felt, viz., that literature, in its more genial functions, works by the very same organs as the liberal 'Digitized by LjOOQIC 126 OI.IVBE GOLDSMITH.
arts, speaks to the same heart, operates through the same compound nature, and educates the same deep sympathies with mysterious ideals of beauty.
What to read after Essays On the Poets And Other English Writers?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by De Quincey Thomas to read onlineMoreLess
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