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Literary critic

George Edward Woodberry was an American literary critic known for his research on Romantic literature. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literary criticism.

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Famous George Edward Woodberry Quotes

“A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.”

Seems Language Expression Genius Independent Phrases Marvellous

Book:Shakespeare: An Address

Source: Shakespeare: An Address

“Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius.”

Mind Looks Has Beens Art Hands Faces Romance Energy Growth Genius Tradition Romanticism Germs Before And After

Book:Shakespeare: An Address

Source: Shakespeare: An Address

“Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and significant in proportion to the clarity and fulness with which they incarnate this vision.”

Art Soul Race Vision Genius Significant Clarity Proportion Works Of Art Revealing

Author:George Edward Woodberry

“The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor embodies in his person, another's work; only thus does he understand art, realize it, know it; and having arrived at this, his task is done.”

Knows Mind Persons Doe Art Done Actors Realizing Stage Genius Tasks Critics Remove

Book:Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913

Source: Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913

About the Author

Born: May 12, 1855
Died: January 2, 1930
Known for: Literary critic
Quotes: 50

Books & Sources

Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addressesRelated source material

The Torch, and Other Lectures and AddressesRelated source material

Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913Related source material

Selected letters of George Edward WoodberryRelated source material

Shakespeare: An AddressRelated source material

Heart of ManRelated source material

The Inspiration of PoetryRelated source material

The North Shore Watch and Other PoemsRelated source material

Wendell Phillips: The Faith of an AmericanRelated source material

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