Background Image
Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. i do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page. when it's a question of typography, why not? poets have done beautiful things with typography - apollinaire's 'calligrammes,' that sort of thing.
-James Fenton
Please Wait....
Translating....

Lyric Poetry Is, Of Course, Musical In

James Fenton
Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. i do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page. when it's a question of typography, why not? poets have done beautiful things with typography - apollinaire's 'calligrammes,' that sort of thing.
Views: 6
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Beautiful Lyric Poetry Musical

More From James Fenton

Given that the nineteenth century was the century of socialism, of liberalism, and of democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of socialism, liberalism and democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of fascism. for if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the state.
Government Political Humanity
What have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me? what have they done to me?
Done
The humanities and science are not in inherent conflict but have become separated in the twentieth century. now their essential unity must be re-emphasized, so that twentieth-century multiplicity may become twentieth-century unity.
Humanity Unity Essentials
Today's uncle tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. this modern, twentieth-century uncle thomas now often wears a top hat. he's usually well-dressed and well-educated. he's often the personification of culture and refinement. the twentieth-century uncle thomas sometimes speaks with a yale or harvard accent. sometimes he is known as professor, doctor, judge, and reverend, even right reverend doctor. this twentieth-century uncle thomas is a professional negro -by that i mean his profession is being a negro for the white man.
Uncles Mean Men
My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where it all started. go back and look at history. look at why the shows you are loving today happened and the artists you are listening to happened. and do your homework on history. whether it's musical movies, musical plays, broadway musical recordings - do your homework! and then, that way you will have an understanding of why, now, certain movies, certain plays, certain musicals are making some sort of sense.
Artist Play Careers
What happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page.
Pages Century Happened
Similar Quotes
I feel like, for me, reading thomas merton is like “wait a minute, this is a rabbit hole. this isn’t a gateway or a ticket to anything except itself”. when you're a ways into it, you're five pages in, 20 pages in, 30 pages in, it seems like one of the more oxymoronic undertakings you could attempt.
Reading Pages Way
Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.
Giving Atheism Pages
When i was in the seventh grade i did a report about the environment and the loss of species. it was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50.
Loss Pages Environment
I'm bored with the same genre, the same remakes of things. i like original ideas and high-concept things where it's off the page and kind of fantastical.
Ideas Bored Pages

Trending Author

Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio
Douglas Bader
Douglas Bader
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Alcuin
Alcuin
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation