Modern poet prophets
Subtitle: essays critical and interpretative
By: by Wm. Norman Guthrie.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: R. Clarke
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Cincinnati
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.; Prophecies in literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory essays: The poet as prophet.  The rime of the ancient mariner as prophecy.; title: Essays critical and interpretative: Leopardi and evolutional pessimism.  "Obermann" of Senacour and Matthew Arnold, or Morals divorced from theology.  Agnostic poets of our day.  The Prometheus unbound of Shelley, a drama of human destiny.  The permanence of art or Art and ontology.  Realistic art on the stage: Gerhardt Hauptmann.  Walt Whitman, the Camden sage.