The idiom of poetry
By: by Frederick A. Pottle ...
Edition: Rev. ed., with other essays.
Publisher: Cornell University
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Poetry.
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]
Table of contents: title: 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.; title: Other essays: An alternative beginning and a summary. Dogma, science, and poetry. The moral evaluation of literature.; title: Notes and references (p. [211]-234)