They are those in which the suffering finds no vent in action; in which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing to be done. In such situations... Poems - Seite 7von Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 336 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 Seiten
...which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance ; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...as it appears to me, that of Empedocles, as I have endeavoured to represent him, belongs ; and I have therefore excluded the Poem from the present collection.... | |
| 1868 - 1078 Seiten
...which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...representation of them in poetry is painful also." We have quoted this passage at length, because it appears to us impossible to find criticism more just,... | |
| Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1881 - 226 Seiten
...— in which a continual strain of mental distress is unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance — in which there is everything to be endured, nothing to be done. In such situations there is something morbid, and in their description something monotonous. Mary Tudor's history is a monotonous... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 332 Seiten
...which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance ; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...as it appears to me, that of Empedocles, as I have endeavoured to represent him, belongs ; and I have therefore excluded the poem from the present collection.... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 344 Seiten
...a continuous state of mental ' distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance ; in which there is everything to be endured, ( nothing...this class of situations, poetically faulty as it I appears to me, that of Empedocles, as I have endeavoured to represent him, belongs ; and I have therefore... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 336 Seiten
....prolonged, unrelieved_ byjnddejij^jhorje, _or resistance. ; in which there is pyprything to tu* pndiirt-H nothing to be done. In such situations there is inevitably...situations, poetically faulty as it appears to me. thatjaf Empedocles, as I have endeavoured to represent him, belongs ; and I have therefore excluded... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 534 Seiten
...which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance ; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...as it appears to me, that of Empedocles, as I have endeavoured to represent him, belongs ; and I have therefore excluded the poem from the present collection.... | |
| 1925 - 564 Seiten
...action; in which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by hope or resistance; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...tragic; the representation of them in poetry is painful also.1 Are Arnold's poems painful to read ? Are they morbid ? So far as I know, no critic has ever... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 380 Seiten
...which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance ; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...as it appears to me, that of Empedocles, as I have endeavoured to represent him, belongs ; and I have therefore excluded the Poem from the present collection.... | |
| Louise Imogen Guiney - 1897 - 358 Seiten
...which a continuous state of mental distress is prolonged, unrelieved by incident, hope, or resistance ; in which there is everything to be endured, nothing...representation of them in poetry is painful also." The same verdict that condemns the stagnant sadness of Empedocles, reacts upon Clough's Dipsychus,... | |
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