Vers De Societe, Selected From Recent Authors (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Jones, Charles H.

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ISBN 10: 1330881869 ISBN 13: 9781330881866

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Vers De Societe, Selected From Recent Authors

The chief merit of new {if socz'éz'é is, that it should seem to be entirely spontaneous: when the reader says to himself, 'i could have written that, and easily too,' he pays the poet the highest possible compliment. At the same time it is right to Observe, that this absence Of effort, as recognized in most works Of real excellence. 15 only apparent; the writing of mm 1276 socz'éfé is a difficult accomplishment, and no one has fully succeeded in it without possess ing a certain gift Of irony, which is not only a much rarer quality than humor, or even wit, but is alto gether less commonly met with than is sometimesimagined. At the same time this description Of poetry seems so easy to write that a long catalogue Of authors, both famous and Obscure, have at tempted it, but in the great majority Of cases with very indifferent success. This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise ifit be borne in mind that the possession Of the true poetic faculty is not sufficient Of itself to guarantee capacity for this ih ferior branch of the art of versification. The writer of very d'e socz'éz'é, in order to be genuinely success ful, must not only be more or less of a poet, but he must also be a man of the world, in the most liberal sense Of the expression he must have mixed throughout his life with the most refined and culti yated members of his species, not merely as an idle bystander, but as a busy actor in the throng. A professed poet, however exalted his faculty, will sel dom write the best new zl'e socz'éz'é, just because writ ing is the business of his life; for it appears to be an essential characteristic of these brilliant trifles, that they should be thrown Offin the leisure moments Of men whose lives are devoted to graver pursuits.

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Excerpt from Vers De Societe, Selected From Recent Authors

As the title which, for want of a better, has been given to this book does not explain itself as lucidly as could be wished, it will be acceptable to the reader, perhaps, if the Editor attempts here what it was necessary for him to do in his own mind at the very beginning of his task, namely, to frame a correct or at least intelligible definition of what is meant by vers de societe. Fortunately, as he discovered after the present collection was nearly completed, such a definition has been furnished by Mr. Frederick Locker, himself probably the most sympathetic student, as he is certainly second to none as a writer, of this species of verse. In the Introduction to his "Lyra Elegantiarum" he says: "Lest any reader who may not be familiar with this description of poetry should be misled by the adoption of the French title, which the absence of any precise English equivalent renders necessary, it may be as well to observe that vers de societe need by no means be confined to topics of artificial life.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330881869
• ISBN 13: 9781330881866
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 440