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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

“Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all, and history as it clarifies is, in pure fact, an artistic process, a creation in its fullness of the beautiful soul.”

Soul Facts Beautiful Artist Process Mankind Creation Pure Artistic Fullness Beautiful Soul Artistic Process

Book:The Torch, and Other Lectures and Addresses

Source: The Torch, and Other Lectures and Addresses

“Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his vision; and however vivid and skilful he may be in the means of expression, yet it is frequently found that the master-spell in his work is something felt to be indefinable and inexpressible.”

May Mean Art Soul Found Felt Powerful Vision Expression Masters Art Is Subtle Spells Vivid Indefinable

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

“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

“What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind.”

Men Mind Book Soul Race Cities Holy Unions Wander Symbols Tribes Great Book Mecca Nomadic

Book:The Inspiration of Poetry

Source: The Inspiration of Poetry

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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