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Excerpt from The Prose Poetry of Thomas De Quincey: Inaugural-Dissertation, Presented to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Leipzig, for the Acquisition of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
It is characteristic enough of De Quincey that he should state his own belief thus incidentally and hesi tatingly. Our author's articles on Rhetoric and Style contain very little of an elaborate theory of criticism; only by comparison of hints and fragmentary utterances scattered throughout his works can his literary creed be ascertained.5 De Quincey believed that in literature in its very widest sense there were two poles, repro senting two main tendencies; one tendency more sub jective, proceeding from the individual and directed toward the individual sensibilities; the othe1 addressed to the understanding, as an insulated faculty, 5 he says, then saves himself perhaps from inconsistency by adding, 'or at least primarily. Of his own works.
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