The testament of a stone : being notes on the mechanics of the poetic image / Ivor Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Physical Description:

20 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Notes on the mechanics of the poetic image

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Secession], [1924?]

Contents:

Foreword

Section I. Definition of observation, perception, image, and anti-image

Section II. Types of perception

Section III. Types of the image and anti-image

Sevtion IV. Upon the nature of words and their use

Section V. Upon the constrction of the poem, with relation to the image.

Notes:

"These notes presuppose a knowledge of Fenollosa's 'The Chinese Written Character,' a large part of T. S. Eliot's 'The Sacred Wood,' and scattered paragraphs from Pound, Lewis, Croce, and the Hindus. I reserve the right to add to or alter these notes later in case of any second publication. It is possible that they are not complete ..., but they are an attempt to incite the beginnings of a scientific criticism of poetry, which up to date we do not have, except in a few scattered fragments."

Beige paper wrapper lettered and decorated in black.

OCLC:

249466734