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" A great dramatic poet," said Goethe, "if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated by a strong, noble purpose, which pervades all his works, may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul of the people. I should think that this... "
The People's Theater: Tr. from the French of Romain Rolland by Barrett H. Clark - Page 70
by Romain Rolland - 1918 - 144 pages
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Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret, Volume 1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann - Authors, German - 1850 - 472 pages
...exerted, and could exert, upon the great mass of the people. " A great dramatic poet," said Goethe, " if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated...think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for Napoleon, who...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 67

American essays - 1891 - 906 pages
...the same time productive, and is actuated by a strong and noble purpose, which pervades the whole of his works, may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul of the people." Do we ask for a further key to this mystery ? The poet has assured us we shall find it in his own life...
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Lotos leaves; stories, essays, and poems by members of the lotos club, Volume 57

Lotos club - 1875 - 454 pages
...dramatic poet, said Goethe, if he is at the same time productive and is actuated by a noble purpose, may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul of the people, and this is what Shakespeare has accomplished. The drama is as old as the first story-teller who tried...
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Lotos Leaves: Original Stories, Essays, and Poems

John Brougham, John Elderkin - American literature - 1875 - 498 pages
...dramatic poet, said Goethe, if he is at the same time productive and is actuated by a noble purpose, may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul of the people, and this is what Shakespeare has accomplished. The drama is as old as the first story-teller who tried...
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Varieties in Prose, Volume 2

William Allingham - Great Britain - 1893 - 280 pages
...is true that in a conversation with Eckermann, in 1827, Goethe said : ' A great dramatic poet . . . may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul of the people ; ' but in our phase of civilisation, which, while drawing the mediocre multitude into vast cities,...
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European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and ...

Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 524 pages
...exerted, and could exert, upon the great mass of the people. " A great dramatic poet," said Goethe, "if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated...think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for Napoleon, who...
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Goethe on the Theater: Selections from the Conversations with Eckermann

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Drama - 1919 - 126 pages
...exerted, and could exert, upon the great mass of the people. "A great dramatic poet," said Goethe, "if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated...think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for 90 Napoleon,...
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Publications of the Dramatic Museum of Columbia University in the City of ...

Columbia University. Dramatic Museum - Acting - 1919 - 128 pages
...exerted, and could exert, upon the great mass of the people. "A great dramatic poet," said Goethe, "if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated...think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for Napoleon, who...
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European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and ...

Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 532 pages
...exerted, and could exert, upon the great mass of the people. " A great dramatic poet" said Goethe, " if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated...think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for Napoleon, who...
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Common-sense and the Muses

David Graham - Aesthetics - 1925 - 380 pages
...world better." 3 Lord Kames writes strongly in the same sense. 4 A great dramatic poet, says Goethe, " if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated...think that this was something well worth the trouble." So should I. " From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes " (that was worth doing...
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