Symonds shuns both the Didacticism which Arnold's view encourages, and the worship of form implied in Pater's statement; though it should be said that Pater in his essay on "Style" urges that, after all, subject matter is the deciding factor in determining great art.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
But it should be remembered that literature never thus becomes a weapon for reform or a piece of Didacticism or propaganda.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
One obvious characteristic of this generation is the Didacticism which is apt to worry us.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen