 He states fact in terms of poetry, and the statement sears one's consciousness. He is the first poet to digest the new wonders of science which have subtly changed the old cosmogony, and made the very foundations of existence crumble away.' That is why...  A Queen's Romance: A Version of Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas"by John Davidson - 1904 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Laurence Housman - 1903 - 120 pages
...great beauty ... of the force and grim sincerity of the utterance there can be no doubt." — Athemzum. "A magnificent piece of imaginative writing." —...with prodigal beauty of phrase and image." — MR. JAMBS DOUGLAS in The Star. "Certainly he puts the case in a manner to scare the polite Imperialist.... | |
 | Reginald Gibbons - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 320 pages
...largely accounts for the way he has been neglected ever since neglect made him commit suicide in 1909 — "He states fact in terms of poetry, and the statement...made the very foundations of existence crumble away." That is why I myself wrote, "The relation of John Davidson's thought to Nietzsche's is more important... | |
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