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By Hilaire Belloc

2020-01-31 02:57:31

Far from the poets being astray in prose-writing (said Francis Thompson) it might plausibly be contended that English prose, as an art, is but a secondary stream of the Pierian fount, and owes its very origin to the poets. The first writer one rememb ... Read more
Far from the poets being astray in prose-writing (said Francis Thompson) it might plausibly be contended that English prose, as an art, is but a secondary stream of the Pierian fount, and owes its very origin to the poets. The first writer one remembers with whom prose became an art was Sir Philip Sidney. And Sidney was a poet. This quotation is relevant to a consideration of Hilaire Belloc because Belloc is a poet who happens to be known chiefly for his prose. Less

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File size216.036 KB
Print pages100
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date1950-01-03
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1340398217
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalized British subject in 1902. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sa...

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