Excerpt from The Art of Poetry: The Poetical Treatises of Horace, Vida, and Boileau About the text of Boileau there is virtually no question. Chalmers' English Poets has furnished the translation. The chief single source of information for the notes was found in the Amsterdam edition of 1 718. The punctuation of texts and translations has been freely changed in the interest of perspicuity, and the orthography of the English versions has been brought to a common and mod ern standard. In conclusion, I venture to hope that ...
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Excerpt from The Art of Poetry: The Poetical Treatises of Horace, Vida, and Boileau About the text of Boileau there is virtually no question. Chalmers' English Poets has furnished the translation. The chief single source of information for the notes was found in the Amsterdam edition of 1 718. The punctuation of texts and translations has been freely changed in the interest of perspicuity, and the orthography of the English versions has been brought to a common and mod ern standard. In conclusion, I venture to hope that the present compilation may do something to promote a sounder knowledge of poetic processes and theory, as much by incitement to independent thought as by the imposition of authoritative canons. Nay, unless it incite to independent thought, how can any canon impose itself on a free and active intelligence? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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