Greenblatt: Welcome, I assume you all came prepared to discuss the revisal of the literary canon. So lets jump right into it…
Wordsworth: well, I say out with the old and in with the new!
Johnson: Ha! Absurd… in with the simple, you mean? I did not spend seven years of my life constructing an English dictionary, for it could be wasted on the feelings of poets!
Wordsworth: Well how can you uncover the truth of human nature, when you disregard so many people that inhabit it? We, the romantics, extend our interests to a wider range of people… rather be simple, than limited!
Dryden: Simplicity should not be disregarded, as it refines the language and makes it easily recognizable. However, there is no necessity to write about feelings, …show more content…
We could respect the literary past, but we bring forth innovation. Therefore, I hope more works of Coleridge are included, like The Suicide’s Argument, and in order to make this happen we should cut Pope’s work, because just like his stature his works don’t measure up. He focuses too much on the elevation of poetry, rather than be inspired by it, and that is not what true art is …show more content…
For instance, I brought modern literature to England during my lifetime, since I combined different cultures and classic literary traditions, and refined them. That is how something should be made new. We don’t need an Anthology, filled with poets wandering around nature contemplating their lives, nature or the lowly. Lets stop being personal, and maybe literature will have a chance, just look at how influential my political satires are, and will continue to be.
Johnson: I second that notion, forget emotion, reason is the highest of all virtue. Therefore, it is what all-great poets embody, and the subject that is in fact most interesting. I too, came from poverty, and I would not find it an interesting piece to write about, and I can say with absolute certainty that I am not swept away b y the idea either! Literature is a craft, and your inspirations and emotions do nothing but taint it.
Dryden: Yes. Educate the people of what is going on within their
Wordsworth: well, I say out with the old and in with the new!
Johnson: Ha! Absurd… in with the simple, you mean? I did not spend seven years of my life constructing an English dictionary, for it could be wasted on the feelings of poets!
Wordsworth: Well how can you uncover the truth of human nature, when you disregard so many people that inhabit it? We, the romantics, extend our interests to a wider range of people… rather be simple, than limited!
Dryden: Simplicity should not be disregarded, as it refines the language and makes it easily recognizable. However, there is no necessity to write about feelings, …show more content…
We could respect the literary past, but we bring forth innovation. Therefore, I hope more works of Coleridge are included, like The Suicide’s Argument, and in order to make this happen we should cut Pope’s work, because just like his stature his works don’t measure up. He focuses too much on the elevation of poetry, rather than be inspired by it, and that is not what true art is …show more content…
For instance, I brought modern literature to England during my lifetime, since I combined different cultures and classic literary traditions, and refined them. That is how something should be made new. We don’t need an Anthology, filled with poets wandering around nature contemplating their lives, nature or the lowly. Lets stop being personal, and maybe literature will have a chance, just look at how influential my political satires are, and will continue to be.
Johnson: I second that notion, forget emotion, reason is the highest of all virtue. Therefore, it is what all-great poets embody, and the subject that is in fact most interesting. I too, came from poverty, and I would not find it an interesting piece to write about, and I can say with absolute certainty that I am not swept away b y the idea either! Literature is a craft, and your inspirations and emotions do nothing but taint it.
Dryden: Yes. Educate the people of what is going on within their