George Eliot (Blind 1883)/Advertisements
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THE
PROPHECY OF SAINT ORAN:
AND OTHER POEMS.
By MATHILDE BLIND.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
"Apart from the sonorous beauty of her lines, there is in her diction a straightforwardness and simplicity, and an entire absence of affectation and false sentiment, which, combined with considerable power of characterization, make her volume a remarkable contribution to English literature."—Times.
"Directness of style and lucidity of narrative are the characteristic excellences of the poem. There are few contemporary poets who could have done so much dramatic business in so few lines. In each of the sonnets there is a thought that is well expressed, and worth expressing."—Athenæum.
"The most mature of all recent first efforts, even of established rank."—Academy.
"In the choice of a subject for her chief poem she has been singularly fortunate. . . . That a story such as this is full of poetical suggestiveness is obvious, and Miss Blind has proved herself equal to the occasion. She has avoided writing anything approaching to a 'tendency poem.' She metes out justice with an equal hand to all her characters. The genuine enthusiasm and religious zeal of the monks are set forth in language as inspired as is the final protest of St. Oran against their narrow fanaticism; and one of the best passages in the book is indeed the Sermon in which St. Columba announces the Gospel of love and redemption to the islanders."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"'The Street Children's Dance' not unworthily ranks with some of the touching pieces of Hood, Mrs. Barrett Browning, and others."—British Mail.
"Miss Blind's poem, wherein the spectacle of poor children dancing round a barrel organ is pathetically moralised, is as tender and full of loving pity as Mrs. Browning's 'Cry of the Children.'"—Daily Telegraph.
"Verse which is both melodious and strong."—The Spectator.
"Le récit du poème d'ouverture est grand et fort, la manière de raconter est pleine de poésie et d'effet. Depuis la mort de Mrs. Barrett Browning, nous n'avons point eu de poésie aussi hautement inspirée qui ait jaillie d'une source feminine."—Le Livre.
"Die bedeutendste Erscheinung auf dem Gebiete der Poesie dieser Tage ist "The Prophecy of St. Oran and other Poems." Dem heiligen Oran werden die Lehren der englischen Positivisten in den Mund gelegt, sodass auch diese Dichtung ihre Tendenz hat und ein Lehrgedicht geworden ist, dem es indessen ebenso wenig wie dem des Lucrez an Schwung und Schönheit gebricht."—Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung.
"Das einleitende, ziemlich umfangreiche Gedicht "St. Oran" . . . . ist geschickt erzählt and kernig, schwungvoll geschreiben; in den prächtigen Naturschilderungen, in der richtigen Charakterzeichnung, in der Behandlung der schwerigsten situationen zeigt sich eine geübte Hand, eine Kühne, unverkumbar bedeutende Begabung."—Die Gegewart.
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