Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 7019

Chesterton [1]

I have not read Chesterton’s poetry as a whole, but what I have seen of it does not attract me. Scott no longer ranks as a poet; Chesterton’s verse struck me as a modernisation of Scott. I have told you I do not share contemporary enthusiasms. As for the “best war-scenes since Homer”, that is exactly the phrase that was used for a long time about Scott.

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