...and beautiful in Nature/ and deposing Pope from his usurped throne, we have Mr. Arnold telling us : 'It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this...ideas to life — to the question : How to live.' To which question it would appear that, in Mr. Arnold's opinion, Shelley has not returned a wholly...

...beautiful in Nature,' and deposing Pope from his usurped throne, we i have Mr. Arnold telling us : 'It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this...greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful applica-j tion of ideas to life — to the question : How tol live.' To which question it would appear...

...Arnold, who in the preface to his " Selections from Wordsworth's Poems" writes: " It is important that we hold fast to this: that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life; that the greatness of the poet lies in his beautiful and powerful application of ideas to life, to the question how to live."...

...and beautiful in Nature,' and deposing Pope from his usurped throne, we have Mr. Arnold telling us : 'It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this : that poetry is at bottom a ciiticism of life ; that the greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of...

...moral makes hardly any difference, because human life itself is in so preponderating a degree moral. It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this :...that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life ; that 144 ESSAYS IN CRITICISM v the greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of...

...surprised to read the following account of poetry given in the preface to his selection from Wordsworth : It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this :...of ideas to life — to the question : How to live. At first sight this definition will strike most people as a paradox. It would be scarcely less -startling...

...surprised to read the following account of poetry given in the preface to his selection from Wordsworth : It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this : that poetry is at hottom a criticism of life ; that the greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application...

...directly a criticism of life. The context of the phrase must be considered in order to get the meaning : " The greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life." That is, the great poet must have profound, practical ideas on man and nature, and must express them...

...moral makes hardly any difference, because human life itself is in so preponderating a degree moral. It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this :...often treated in a narrow and false fashion, they are Ixnmd up with systems of thought and belief which have had their day, they are fallen into the hands...

...Poetry, 38. 16; Sidney, Defence of Poesy, 57. 1-27. Cf. Arnold, Essays in Criticism, "Wordsworth": "It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this...ideas to life, — to the question, How to live?" Cf. Symonds, JA, Essays, Speculative and Suggestive : " Is Poetry a Criticism of Life?" L. 21. 2. Science...