 | Stephen Halliwell - 2009 - 440 pages
...Johnson grounds his case on a general statement of mimeticism, in characteristically neoclassical idiom ("it is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature"). He proceeds immediately, however, to demonstrate that his mimeticism is not a principle of pure or... | |
 | Julie Nash - 2006 - 236 pages
...and/or untouchable heroine. Many writers of fiction heeded Samuel Johnson's warning in The Rambler that: 'It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation.'14 The 'true... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situalion, as to display that lustre which before was buried...justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, Ito imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper... | |
 | René Wellek - 1978 - 768 pages
...246—7: »knowledge of life and manners« . . . »accuracy of observation«. 22. Raleigh, S. 161—2: »It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation: greater care... | |
| |
It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation : greater care is still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured... 
