In his Oxford Lectures on Poetry in the essay on "Poetry for Poetry's Sake," Professor A. C. Bradley takes issue with those who claim that it is no consequence what a poet says but how he says it, and he rightly regards as of small aesthetic value that Formalist heresy which encourages men to taste poetry as though it were wine.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
I cannot but pity him, tho' he is such a Formalist.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
Finally, I have endeavoured to tell the story of his career simply and directly, to give a clear picture of the man, and to discuss the composer without trenching on the ground of the Formalist.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden