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The idiom of poetry / by Frederick A. Pottle ...
LIBRA PN1055 .P6 1946
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pottle, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1897-1987.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xvi pages, 2 1., 234 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition, with other essays.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N. Y. : Cornell university, 1946.
- Contents:
- The idiom of poetry: Shifts of sensibility. The doctrine of critical relativism. The critic's responsibility. What is poetry? Pure poetry in theory and practice. Emergent idiom. - Other essays: An alternative beginning and a summary. Dogma, science, and poetry. The moral evaluation of literature. - Notes and references (p. [211]-234)
- Notes:
- "This book in its original form consisted of six lectures ... delivered at Cornell university in ... 1941 namely, the Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization." -p. [vi]
- OCLC:
- 2640664
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