Arthur Hallam

thumb|Arthur Hallam (circa 1830) Arthur Henry Hallam (1 February 1811 – 15 September 1833) was an English poet, best known as the subject of a major work, In Memoriam A.H.H., by his close friend and fellow poet Alfred Tennyson. Quotes Whenever the mind of the artist suffers itself to be occupied, during its periods of creation, by any other predominant motive than the desire of beauty, the result is false in art. "On Some of the Characteristics of Modern Poetry, and on the Lyrical Poems of Alfred Tennyson", in The Englishman's Magazine (August 1831), p. 616; "Extract from a Review of Tennyson's Poems", in Arthur Henry Hallam, Remains in Verse and Prose (London: John Murray, 1862), p. 294. Variant quoted by Kingsley Amis, The Biographer's Moustache (London: Flamingo, 1995), p. 176: "Hallam wrote somewhere that unless a poet writes predominantly to create beauty, the result will be false in art." External links Category:Poets from England Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:1811 births Category:1833 deaths Category:People from London