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Title: | The supposition of universality in art and literature |
Authors: | Smith, Gordon Ross |
Keywords: | Art -- Philosophy Literature -- Philosophy Art and society Literature and society Artists |
Issue Date: | 1966 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty of Arts |
Citation: | Smith, G. R. (1966). The supposition of universality in art and literature. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, 3(2), 138-147. |
Abstract: | The belief that great art is universal in its appeal was a favorite doctrine of those fine old nineteenth century liberals to whom we owe so many of our lovely, ineffectual (not to say mendacious), ideals. Reasoning from the assumption presumed a fact, they set out to establish those workingmen's colleges, the public libraries and the museums for which some of us are so much indebted to them. To a small degree, they were right. All social strata of the population produce individuals of intellectual and creative abilities, just as all strata produce dullards and half- wits, and the individuals of innate capacity have been immensely benefitted - as has all society - by those unrealistic nineteenth century ideals. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/39407 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 3, Issue 2 Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 3, Issue 2 |
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