Author: John Crowe Ransom

Quotes

Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history.

Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history.

- John Crowe Ransom

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?

- John Crowe Ransom

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.

- John Crowe Ransom

Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast.

Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast.

- John Crowe Ransom

It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.

It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.

- John Crowe Ransom

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