SABCL Set of 30 volumes
The Future Poetry Vol. 9 of SABCL 562 pages 1972 Edition
English

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Sri Aurobindo's principal work of literary criticism where he outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future.

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The Future Poetry

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Letters on Poetry, Literature and Art

  On Poetry

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Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo's principal work of literary criticism. In this work, Sri Aurobindo outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future. It was first published in a series of essays between 1917 and 1920; parts were later revised for publication as a book.

Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library (SABCL) The Future Poetry Vol. 9 562 pages 1972 Edition
English
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Part II

Letters on Poetry, Literature and Art




Beauty and Art




Two Kinds of Beauty

There are two kinds of beauty. There is that universal beauty

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which is seen by the inner eye, heard by the inner ear, etc.—but the individual consciousness responds to some forms, not to others, according to its own mental, vital and physical reactions. There is also the aesthetic beauty which depends on a particular standard of harmony, but different race or individual consciousnesses form different standards of aesthetic harmony.









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