Principle in Art, Etc

Principle in Art, Etc. by Coventry Patmore is a collection of essays about art from the English poet. Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House, a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage. As a young man, Patmore worked for the British Museum in London. After the publication of his first book of poems in 1844, he became acquainted with members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Excerpt: «I. Principle in Art 1 II. Real Apprehension 6 III. Seers, Thinkers, and Talkers 14 IV. Possibilities and Performances 25 V. Cheerfulness in Life and Art 31 VI. The Point of Rest in Art 37 VII. Imagination 43 VIII. Pathos 49 IX. Poetical Integrity 56 X. The Poetry of Negation 62 XI. The Limitations of Genius 67 XII. Love and Poetry 72 XIII. Keats 80 XIV. What Shelley was 87{viii} XV. Blake 97 XVI. Rossetti as a Poet 103 XVII. Mr. Swinburne's Selections 112 XVIII. Arthur Hugh Clough 118 XIX. Emerson.»