On English Poetry / Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of This Art, from Evidence Mainly Subjective

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CONTENTS

I DEFINITIONS

II THE NINE MUSES

III POETRY AND PRIMITIVE MAGIC

IV CONFLICT OF EMOTIONS

V THE PATTERN UNDERNEATH

VI "INSPIRATION"

VII THE PARABLE OF MR. POETA AND MR. LECTOR

VIII THE CARPENTER'S SON

IX THE GADDING VINE

X THE DEAD END AND THE MAN OF ONE POEM

XI SPENSER'S CUFFS

XII CONNECTION OF POETRY AND HUMOUR

XIII DICTION

XIV THE DAFFODILS

XV VERS LIBRE

XVI MOVING MOUNTAINS

XVII LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

XVIII THE GENERAL ELLIOTT

XIX THE GOD CALLED POETRY

XX LOGICALIZATION

XXI LIMITATIONS

XXII THE NAUGHTY BOY

XXIII THE CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC IDEAS

XXIV COLOUR

XXV PUTTY

XXVI READING ALOUD

XXVII L'ARTE DELLA PITTURA

XXVIII ON WRITING MUSICALLY

XXIX THE USE OF POETRY

XXX HISTORIES OF POETRY

XXXI THE BOWL MARKED DOG

XXXII THE ANALYTIC SPIRIT

XXXIII RHYMES AND ALLITERATION

XXXIV AN AWKWARD FELLOW CALLED ARIPHRADES

XXXV IMPROVISING NEW CONVENTIONS

XXXVI WHEN IN DOUBT

XXXVII THE EDITOR WITH THE MUCKRAKE

XXXVIII THE MORAL QUESTION

XXXIX THE POET AS OUTSIDER

XL A POLITE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

XLI FAKE POETRY, BAD POETRY AND MERE VERSE

XLII A DIALOGUE ON FAKE-POETRY

XLIII ASKING ADVICE

XLIV SURFACE FAULTS, AN ILLUSTRATION

XLV LINKED SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN OUT

XLVI THE FABLE OF THE IDEAL GADGET

XLVII SEQUELS ARE BARRED

XLVIII TOM FOOL

XLIX CROSS RHYTHM AND RESOLUTION

L MY NAME IS LEGION, FOR WE ARE MANY

LI THE PIG BABY

LII APOLOGY FOR DEFINITIONS

LIII TIMES AND SEASONS

LIV TWO HERESIES

LV THE ART OF EXPRESSION

LVI GHOSTS IN THE SHELDONIAN

LVII THE LAYING ON OF HANDS

LVIII WAYS AND MEANS

LIX POETRY AS LABOUR

LX THE NECESSITY OF ARROGANCE

LXI IN PROCESSION

APPENDIX: THE DANGERS OF DEFINITION

ON
ENGLISH POETRY

 

 

ON ENGLISH POETRY

Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology
of This Art, from Evidence Mainly Subjective

 
By ROBERT GRAVES

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New York ALFRED·A·KNOPF Mcmxxii


COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.

Published, May, 1922

Poetry subdues to union under its light yoke
all irreconcilable things.
P. B. Shelley.


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