Hierarchy of Genres
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different types of genres in an art-form in terms of their value. In literature, the epic was traditionally considered the highest form, for the reason expressed by Dr. Johnson in his Life of John Milton: "By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers which are singly sufficient for other compositions." Below that came lyric poetry, and comic poetry, with a similar ranking for drama. The novel t...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different types of genres in an art-form in terms of their value. In literature, the epic was traditionally considered the highest form, for the reason expressed by Dr. Johnson in his Life of John Milton: "By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers which are singly sufficient for other compositions." Below that came lyric poetry, and comic poetry, with a similar ranking for drama. The novel took a long time to establish a firm place in the hierarchy, doing so only as belief in the system expired in the 19th century. The hierarchies in figurative art are those initially formulated for painting in 16th century Italy, which held sway with little alteration until the early 19th century.
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