An essay defending this doctrine, in opposition to a "heresy" which succeeded the "epic mania," says that the phrase "long poem" is an oxymoron, and quotes poems like Thomas Hood's "The Bridge of Sighs" in full. Walter Pater and Algernon Swinburne we
An essay defending this doctrine, in opposition to a "heresy" which succeeded the "epic mania," says that the phrase "long poem" is an oxymoron, and quotes poems like Thomas Hood's "The Bridge of Sighs" in full. Walter Pater and Algernon Swinburne were among the first to use this phrase in English in their reviews of William Morris and William Blake, respectively. This doctrine is defended in "The Poetic Principle" by Edgar Allan Poe, as well as in the conclusion of Oscar Wilde's preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray. In Morning Yet on Creation Day, (*) Chinua Achebe called this doctrine "just another piece of deodorised dog shit." In France, it was championed by the Parnassian movement. This doctrine was popularized by the preface to Mademoiselle de Maupin by ThÃ©ophile Gautier. For 10 points, name this slogan stating that art need not have any moral or didactic function.
An essay defending this doctrine, in opposition to a "heresy" which succeeded the "epic mania," says that the phrase "long poem" is an oxymoron, and quotes poems like Thomas Hood's "The Bridge of Sighs" in full.
art for art's sake [or l'art pour l'art] 