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Unlock the meaning of poetry and why it matters. This engaging guide invites readers to explore what literature is, where poetry comes from, and how art shapes our thinking. It presents a clear, thoughtful look at poetry’s origins, its goals, and the way great poets have shaped our sense of art and imagination.
Two concise chapters frame the study: what literature means in everyday life, and how poetry is created. The author favors accessible inquiry over dense theory, guiding readers toward a confident appreciation of poetic craft and its enduring value.
- Clear definitions of literature and poetry, with everyday examples
- Discussion of how art creates meaning and why it matters to readers
- Portraits of major English poets to illustrate themes without revealing every detail
Ideal for readers new to poetry and anyone curious about how literature shapes thought and culture. This edition serves as a solid starting point for exploring the art’s origins, purposes, and the ongoing conversation it inspires.
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The contents of this volume originally formed part of a course of lectures which were given some four years ago in connection with the Cambridge University Extension, and afterwards before an English audience at Dresden. The interest which the subject elicited on these occasions has made me venture to hope that a few readers may be found, no less sympathetic and indulgent than my former hearers. I have left almost everything as it was written, instead of attempting to recast the whole into what might be thought a form more suitable for publication, although I am aware that much which in a lecture may be allowable, and even attractive, is apt to appear crude, superficial, and incoherent in a book. I trust that the didactic and familiar tone, which one naturally assumes as a lecturer, will not be.
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My object was to state and illustrate in as simple and as interesting a manner as possible, and with special reference to poetry, what I believe to be the true nature and end of artistic creation. But I feel too deeply the impossibility of stating any truth directly and completely, to wish that what I affirm should be considered as offering more than partial and temporary aspects. Truth seems to lie between conflicting thoughts (as a particle in equilibrium amidst opposing forces), and to be itself incapable of statement, though not of artistic representation; and this fact may often suffice to explain apparent inconsistencies, and even contradictions in the following pages.
"For no thought is contented. The better sort,
As thoughts of things divine, are intermix'd
With scruples, and do set the word itself
Against the word."
Richard II., Act v. sc. 5.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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