The Testament of Beauty.

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  • Author(s): Walton, Eda Lou
  • Source:
    Nation. 2/12/1930, Vol. 130 Issue 3371, p193-196. 4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      RELIGION; MEN; POETRY (Literary form); BOOKS; TESTAMENT of Beauty, The (Book : Bridges); BRIDGES, Robert, 1844-1930
    • Abstract:
      The article presents an overview of the book "The Testament of Beauty," by Robert Bridges. The book is not a protest; it is an argumerit and, to Mr. Bridges, a proof that Beauty will prevail, that all forces work toward a greater spirituality in men and toward a consequent greater Art; it is indeed a survey of the past with intent to force the conclusion that man's moral and aesthetic progress is one and the same, and that this progress points necessarily toward a conventional morality and religion. "The Testament of Beauty" is divided into an Introduction announcing that the poem is to be a Vision, and. then into three parts, Selihood,- Breed, and Ethick. The Vision becomes in the second part much less allegorical and much more argumentative than the Introduction leads everyone to expect.