The St. Joseph's Collegian, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The St. Joseph's Collegian, Vol. 3: April, 1897The history of a nation and its litera ture are very closely connected. Ao cordingly, literature is national. The character of a nation displayed through its acts we commonly call its history, and When manifested by its dramas, songs, etc., written down in books, it makes its literature. Thus literature arid history go hand in hand. The former may be styled the life of a na tion, the latter its phenomena. As the youthful'mind is prone to find more interest in the deeds than in the thoughts of men, so nations, in the ex 'pression of their thoughts first assume the actual, real or historic form. Hence the first records of a nation are trans mitted in the epic style, they are songs and praises of historic deeds. The ex pression of reality, however, is soon metamorphosed into ideality, and the effects are often highly picturesque and appeal strongly to the imagination. From time immemorial all human beings of Whatever clime or tongue, the rude and uncultured tribes, as well as the most civilized nations, have records of their struggles and Victories. The effort to preserve the memory of high, noble, and heroic deeds is universal. All nations long for some information about past times in their history, and are delighted With narratives Which present pictures to the eye of the mind. This is effected through the airy medium of epic and ballad poetry, the chronicle and metrical romance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.