Vulgarity in Literature
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| "In [[1930]], [[Aldous Huxley]] refuted early acclaim of Poe in "[[Vulgarity in Literature]]", a critique that accused him of producing mechanical rhythms and writing in [[egregious]]ly [[bad taste]]." --''[[Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature]]'', [[Mary Ellen Snodgrass]], 2014 | "In [[1930]], [[Aldous Huxley]] refuted early acclaim of Poe in "[[Vulgarity in Literature]]", a critique that accused him of producing mechanical rhythms and writing in [[egregious]]ly [[bad taste]]." --''[[Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature]]'', [[Mary Ellen Snodgrass]], 2014 | ||
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| - | "Het is de maatschappelike toepassing van een idee door Wilde uitgedrukt vóór Huxley, door Huysmans (in ''[[A Rebours]]'') vóór Wilde, en door Edgar Poe (in ''[[The Domain of Arnheim]]'') vóór Huysmans. Het leven kopieert de kunst inplaats van andersom." --E. du Perron | ||
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| "We who are speakers of English and not English scholars, who were born into the language and from childhood pickled in its literature - we can only say, with all due respect, that [[Baudelaire]], [[Mallarmé]] and [[Valéry]] are wrong and that [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]] is not one of our major poets." --Huxley in "[[Vulgarity in Literature]]" | "We who are speakers of English and not English scholars, who were born into the language and from childhood pickled in its literature - we can only say, with all due respect, that [[Baudelaire]], [[Mallarmé]] and [[Valéry]] are wrong and that [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]] is not one of our major poets." --Huxley in "[[Vulgarity in Literature]]" | ||
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"In 1930, Aldous Huxley refuted early acclaim of Poe in "Vulgarity in Literature", a critique that accused him of producing mechanical rhythms and writing in egregiously bad taste." --Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, 2014 "We who are speakers of English and not English scholars, who were born into the language and from childhood pickled in its literature - we can only say, with all due respect, that Baudelaire, Mallarmé and Valéry are wrong and that Poe is not one of our major poets." --Huxley in "Vulgarity in Literature" |
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"Vulgarity in Literature" (1930) is an essay by Aldous Huxley criticizing the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe.
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