Poetic Diction - A Study in Meaning

'Poetic Diction' it has been valued not only as a secret book, but nearly as a sacred one; with a certain sense that its teaching was quite properly esoteric, not as the possession of few snobs but as something that would easily fail of being understood by even the most learned of those jugheads whose mouths continually pour forth but whose ears will serve only for carrying purposes.

About the author

OWEN BARFIELD, whom C. S. Lewis called the "wisest and best of my unofficial teachers," is a philosopher and author of many books, including Saving the Appearances, Unancestral Voice, The Rediscovery of Meaning and Other Essays, Owen Barnfield on C. S. Lewis, and History, Guilt, and Habit. Born in 1898, he lives in East Sussex, England.

Summary

Barfield discusses poetry's meaning in terms of both his personal experience and objective standards of criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Owen Barfield
• Assisted by: Howard Nemerov (Editor)
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1984
• EAN: 9780819560261
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-6026-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 202 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Wesleyan Paperback; Wesleyan Paperback
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Literature - Classics / Criticism