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...condemned. Arnold inclines to this opinion, but checks himself cautiously: "Now in literature,.... the elements with which the creative power works are...manifestation of the creative power not working with these can be very important or fruitful." And later he adds: "For the creation of a masterwork of literature...

...be condemned. Arnold inclines to this opinion, but checks himself cautiously: "Now in literature,. ...the elements with which the creative power works...manifestation of the creative power not working with these can be very important or fruitful." And later he adds : "For the creation of a masterwork of literature...

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...must surely wait till they are ready. Now, in literature, — I will limit myself to literature, for it is about literature that the question arises, — the elements with which the creative power 1 Reprinted by permission of the Macmillan Company. works are ideas; the best ideas on every matter...

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...the position of John the Baptist, preparing the way for one whose shoe he is not worthy to unloose. " The elements with which the creative power works are...matter which literature touches, current at the time." Who provides these elements, these nourishing ideas, this food for the Shakespeares and Wordsworths...

...must surely wait till they are ready. Now, in literature, — I will limit myself to literature, for it is about literature that the question arises, —...literature touches, current at the time. At any rate we 35 may lay it down as certain that in modern literature no manifestation of the creative power not...

...must surely wait till they are ready. Now, in literature, — I will limit myself to literature, for it is about literature that the question arises,—...manifestation of the creative power not working with these can be very important or fruitful. And I say current at the time, not merely accessible at the time; for...

...Present Time," Arnold provides a lucid explanation of the relation between ideas and literary works: The elements with which the creative power works are...matter which literature touches, current at the time. . . . The grand work of literary genius is a work of synthesis and exposition; ... its gift lies in...