1910s Poetry Criticsm Flashcards
1
Q
What does Arthur Finke, in “The Present State of Poetry” (1911) aruge of the modern poet?
A
modern life has forgotten the uses of the poet’
as ‘ours is a strictly utilitarian age’ – thus no need for poetry in either ‘work or play’
2
Q
What does Arthur Finke, in “The PResent State of Poetry” (1911) argue about clarity of expression?
A
‘‘it is well for a writer to remember that the poets exist for the people, not the people for the poets…should have general intelligibility and universal appeal’
3
Q
What does Arthur Finke, in “The Present State of Poetry” (1911), predict?
A
…A more external, less introspective method must prevail, to produce for men who are intensely interested in external activities…the wide-seeing vision, not the private dream, will survive.’
