Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 272
ctly the opposite : a preferencefor the German and English spirit as compared with the Greek and Latin, andan enthusiasm for the great Anglo-Saxon and German poets, Shakespeare andGoethe, in whom, contrasting with Racines correctness, were to be foundunrestrained genius and glowing passion. This… … DELACROIX. ENTRY OF THE CRUSADERS INTO CONSTANTINOPLE. of enabling works, in themselves valueless, to keep their heads, artisticallyspeaking, above water, by means of their extrinsic poetical interest. ButDelacroix had no need of any such support. He was not the poets pupil, buttheir brother. He…
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