 But a far more important correction, applicable to the common vague idea of literature, is to be sought — not so much in a better definition of literature, as in a sharper distinction of the two functions which it fulfils. In that great social organ,...  The North British review - Página 3011848Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 páginas
...literature of power — " In that great social or^an which, collectively, we call literature, tliere may be distinguished two separate offices that may...capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally tilted for reciprocal repulsion. Tliere is. first, the literature of Icruiwlcdye ; and secondly, the... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1893 - 292 páginas
...far the definition is easily narrowed ; and it is as easily expanded. For not only is much that takes a station in books not literature ; but, inversely,...first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. /The function of the first is, to teach • the function of the second is, 'to... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 460 páginas
...obsequiousness and servility, to none." a De Quincey also furnishes an example of effective repetition : — " In that great social organ, which, collectively, we...two separate offices that may blend and often do so, but8 capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There... | |
 | William Minto - 1895 - 584 páginas
...case of his cardinal distinction between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power — "In that great social organ which, collectively, we...two separate offices that may blend, and often do BO, but capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion.... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1895 - 738 páginas
...LITERATURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE LITERATURE OF POWER. In that great social organ which, collectively.we call Literature, there may be distinguished two separate offices that may blend and often do so, bat capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1895 - 352 páginas
...immediately influence the conduct of the majority of men is extremely small. DeQuincy tells us that in that great social organ which, collectively, we call literature, there may be distinguished two sepaarate offices that sometimes blend and that are sometimes found in a severe insulation. "There... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 páginas
...can the poet become a '"Serene creator of immortal things.'" LITERATURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF POWER. IN that great social organ, which collectively we...first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to move... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 490 páginas
...come into books, and much that does come into books may connect itself with no literary interest.2 But a far more important correction, applicable to...first, the literature of knowledge ; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is —... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 346 páginas
...individual existence. 'In that great social order, which collectively we call literature,' says De Quincey, 'there may be distinguished two separate offices that...first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move.... | |
 | John Milton, Hiram Corson - 1899 - 354 páginas
...individual existence. 'In that great social order, which collectively we call literature,' says De Quincey, 'there may be distinguished two separate offices that...first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to move.... | |
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