 | 1904 - 390 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespear was inspiration indeed; he is not so much an imitator...he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. His characters are so much Nature herself, that 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so distant a... | |
 | 1905 - 564 pagina’s
...of nature .... the poetry of Shakspeare was Inspiration indeed ; be is not so much au Imitator äs an instrument, of nature; and it is not so just to say that he speaks from her, äs that she speaks through him .... The power over our passions was never possessed in a more eminent... | |
 | Meyer Howard Abrams - 1971 - 420 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespear was inspiration indeed: he is not so much an Imitator, as an Instrument of Nature; and 'tis not so just to say he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. To these ideas, Pope joins... | |
 | Thora Burnley Jones, Bernard De Bear Nicol - 1976 - 200 pagina’s
...Originality is also granted to Shakespeare in the frequently quoted passage: 'The Poetry of Shakespeare was Inspiration indeed: he is not so much an Imitator as an Instrument of Nature; and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks thro' him.'4 This could be read... | |
 | Michael Steppat - 1980 - 646 pagina’s
...causes the artistic mediation to almost disappear from critical consciousness: The Poetry of Shake spear was Inspiration indeed: he is not so much an Imitator, as an Instrument, of Nature; and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks thro' him. This universal admiration... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 pagina’s
...ever any author deserved the name of an original, it was Shakespeare. . . . The poetry of Shakespeare was inspiration indeed: he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of Nature."59 He builds here on Rowe, who wrote that "Shakespeare, on the other hand, was beholding to... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pagina’s
...remark is confirmed by Mr. Pope, who says with equal discernment and justice, The poetry of Shakespeare was inspiration indeed: he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument of nature; and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. ' 'Shakespeare's real... | |
 | Aleksandr Tikhonovich Parfenov, Joseph G. Price - 1998 - 216 pagina’s
...us at pleasure. 1 Hazlitt emphasizes this later: "His characters are so much nature herself that ... it is not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." 2 The Romantics looked on Shakespeare as a powerful ally in their striving for art free from all regimentation... | |
 | Joanna Gondris - 1998 - 428 pagina’s
...plays reveal their author's mind (42). Pope prefers Shakespeare to Homer: "The Poetry of Shakespear was Inspiration indeed; he is not so much an Imitator, as an Instrument of Nature." Shakespeare "seems to have known the world by Intuition, to have look'd thro' humane nature at one... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - 1999 - 406 pagina’s
...Shakespeare was Inspiration indeed: he is not so much an Imitator, as an Instrument, of Nature; and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him... The Power over our Passions was never possessed in a more eminent degree, or displayed in so different... | |
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The poetry of Shakespear was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of Nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. 
