The Development of English Prose Style
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Excerpt from The Development of English Prose Style: The Chancellor´s Essay, 1881 If we see the "spirit" of a nation most faithfully embodied in its poetry, it is in the prose literature that we must look for the less glowing but more accurate reflection of its "genius." Poetry for the most part is the result of spasmodic outbursts, consequent upon fits of national self-consciousness, such as are caused by a sudden opening up of new foreign relations, or by successful wars: fits like these are intermittent; when the pulse of the nation has ceased to beat with feverish activity poetry will probably be comparatively neglected; whereas prose being the vehicle of all natural thought will, among a people which is making steady progress towards self-education, maintain a more even course of development. No doubt in a minor degree the prose literature of a country will always reflect passing phases of national character, and it would be unsafe to lay down any very formal generalization on the point; but the distinction just given seems to be the usual one between metrical and unmetrical composition, viewed as factors in history. Perhaps, too, this is the cause why poetry has in all great nations been an earlier growth than prose. The fits of self-consciousness to which I have referred often come upon a people long before there is any vestige of education abroad. Nay, often before a language has been formed at all; for it is generally in the very dawning of the idea of nationality that a language springs up, and then poetry sometimes consciously forces upon its readers a speech, which is to become common to the nation, and which is as yet quite imperfect; one need only call to mind Chaucer and Dante, the latter of whom is said to have hesitated whether he should choose Provencal or Sicilian as the material out of which he was to fashion a language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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