Project Gutenberg 2011-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 57 Austin, Alfred 1835 1913 67022053 The Bridling of Pegasus: Prose Papers on Poetry Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Bridling of Pegasus: Prose Papers on Poetry" by Alfred Austin is a collection of essays exploring the principles of poetry, written in the early 20th century. The author, who served as Poet Laureate of England, analyzes various elements of poetry, arguing for the adherence to established canons of literary criticism, emphasizing the necessity of musicality and clarity in poetic works. Through his writings, Austin seeks to clarify the confusion that contemporary literary criticism has created in the public perception of poetry. The opening of the book introduces the central premise that the decline of authoritative literary standards has led to a diluted understanding of what constitutes great poetry. Austin vividly argues that true poetry must possess both melodiousness and lucidity, suggesting that the essential qualities of great poets and their works have been overshadowed by an influx of lesser talents. He sets out to restore the concept of enduring standards in poetry, illustrating his points with references to historical poets and their lasting influence, emphasizing the need for clarity in understanding poetic texts without the obscurity that has unfortunately emerged in modern literary critique. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poetry PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 497385 497394 2024-09-15T05:14:41.813558 2023-09-15T10:54:27.962462 text/html text/html 507047 2021-01-07T13:38:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 187235 2021-01-07T13:38:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 250859 2024-09-15T05:14:51.424015 application/epub+zip 256269 2024-09-15T05:14:44.488546 application/epub+zip 256269 2024-09-15T05:14:42.878589 application/epub+zip 481793 2024-09-15T05:14:55.919048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448878 2024-09-15T05:14:49.972247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420693 2022-09-16T08:38:30.188789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457161 457075 2024-09-15T05:14:40.874597 2023-09-15T10:54:27.094485 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 456791 2021-01-07T13:38:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 177847 2021-01-07T13:38:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 456811 2021-01-07T13:38:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 177666 2021-01-07T13:38:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19863 2024-09-15T05:14:56.055021 application/rdf+xml 15405 2024-09-15T05:14:43.256556 image/jpeg 3588 2024-09-15T05:14:43.071572 image/jpeg 238882 2024-09-15T05:14:41.857559 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia