The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is … - Lascelles Abercrombie

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Lascelles Abercrombie

The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.

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But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

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