Tagged: De Quincey

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

June 9, 2023

Shelburne Essays – Wordsworth

We are now leaving the writings of Irving Babbitt and delving into the brilliant essays of Paul Elmer More. I am happy to present the first post of More’s collection, “Shelburne Essays, Seventh Series.”

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

February 16, 2022

The New Laokoon (Part 20)

I am happy to present the twentieth post of Irving Babbitt’s book “The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts.”

Poetry and the Classical Tradition / Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

January 27, 2022

The New Laokoon (Part 19)

(Pictured: Rudyard Kipling.) I am happy to present the nineteenth post of Irving Babbitt’s book The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910, in which Babbitt followed the...