Download or read book The Meaning and Value of Poetry written by William Henry Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Meaning and Value of Poetry Classic Reprint written by William Henry Hudson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Meaning and Value of Poetry The business of the scientist in his laboratory is, from first to last, with things as they are in themselves. His dominant purpose is to ascertain fact as fact - to learn, in any given case, what is, and the processes by which it came to be as it is. In order to reach his generalizations and establish his laws, he observes with the most patient atten tion, he analyzes with the most scrupulous care, all the phenomena he can bring together for investigation; follows up every clue and suggestion; applies every test within his reach; and though, as an aid in his task, he may ofien frame tentative conclusions and hypotheses, he is never satis fied with such - never gives them out to the world, or re gards them for himself, as more than tentative - but seeks always to substitute for them the reality of rigid and irre fragable proof. Now, such work obviously demands, before all things, a mind free from prejudice and prepossessions, a single eye for the matter in hand, reservation of judgment, and an absolute willingness to accept without hesitation or12 the meaning and value OF poetry. 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.
Download or read book The Meaning and Value of Poetry written by W. H. Hudson and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1901 Edition.
Download or read book Famous Poems Explained Helps to Reading with the Understanding with Biographical Notes of the Authors Represented written by Waitman Barbe and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... 12 So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine, And for the second time in life Enlisted in the Line! 13 One end he tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs, And, as his legs were off, of course He soon was off his legs. 14 And there he hung till he was dead As any nail in town; For, though distress had cut him up, It could not cut him down!--Thomas Hood. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE Sir John Moore, commanding the British forces in Spain in the war with Napoleon, was killed at the battle of Corunna, Spain, January 16, 1809. The battle occurred at the end of a long and hard retreat, and although the English had the advantage, they embarked at Corunna after the battle and returned to England. The French forces were under Marshal Soult. Alison's History of Europe says that Moore "was wrapped by his attendants in his military cloak and laid in a grave hastily formed on the ramparts of Corunna, where a monument was soon after erected over his uncoffined remains by the generosity of the French Marshal Ney. Not a word was spoken as the melancholy interment by torchlight took place; silently they laid him in his grave, while the distant cannon of the battlefield fired the funeral honors to his memory. "This tomb, originally erected by the French, since enlarged by the British, bears a simple but touching inscription, written of the hero over whose remains it is placed. Few spots in Europe will ever be more the object of general interest. His very misfortunes were the means which procured him immortal fame--his disastrous retreat, bloody death, and finally his tomb on a foreign strand, far from home and friends. There is scarcely a Spaniard but has heard of his tomb and speaks of it with a strange kind of awe." Many fantastic legends have...
Download or read book Poetry and Time Classic Reprint written by Sir Henry Newbolt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poetry and Time Among the greatest English poets, some by their poetical work, some by the utterance in prose of their deliberate reflections, have supplied us with materials from which we can construct a definition of Poetry: a definition resting not upon mere authority, but upon a scientific analysis of the facts of human feeling, thought, and expression. This definition might perhaps be set down and annotated in some such words as these: - Poetry is the expression in speech, more or less rhythmical, of the aesthetic activity of the human spirit, the creative activity by which the world is presented to our consciousness. But this is not enough: it gives us only Poetry in the abstract, and makes no distinction between good and bad, greater and lesser poetry. The two necessary further stages are these: good poetry is not merely the expression of our intuitions, it is the masterly expression of rare, complex, and difficult states of consciousness: and great poetry, the poetry which has power to stir many men and stir them deeply, is the expression of our consciousness of this world, tinged with man's universal longing for a world more perfect, nearer to the heart's desire. By definition, and in a plain prosaic way, we are all poets, all makers of our own world: but the great poets re-make it for us - they take this very world of time in which we live, and by an incantation they rebuild it for us, so that for an instant we see it under a light that is not the light of Time. This definition, it will be seen, covers not only the more ordinary examples of poetical expression, but includes also the utterance of desires more profound and more far-reaching in their significance, and consequently more difficult to submit to any effective analysis. 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.
Download or read book Form and Value in Modern Poetry Classic Reprint written by R. P. Blackmur and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Form and Value in Modern Poetry We are familiar with the consequences of/this frame of mind in religion, in politics, and in what passes for phi losophy. We should also be familiar with it in the chores of daily life: the life we get over withas so much blind action, but which 'yet needs its excuse, its quick, quibbled justifica tion. We are not familiar with it in, the works of rational imagination - at least not as a dominant value or as a source of strength; When we see it, we see it as weakness, as sub stitution, precisely as Work not done: as, at its best, melo drama, and at its worst, dead convention or the rehearsal of formula; and that is what we see in the great bulk of Hardy's verse. The very frame of mind that provided the pattern of his writing provided also, and at once, the terms of its general failure: leaving success, so far as his conscious devotions went, an accident of escape from the governing frame. Concern is in the end with the success; and will show it no accident; in the meantime with the considera tions that make it seem so. 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.
Download or read book The Realm of Poetry written by Stephen James Meredith Brown and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shi King the Old Poetry Classic of the Chinese written by William Jennings and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People Classic Reprint written by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People" by Richard Lovell Edgeworth undertakes the laborious task of deconstructing poetry for the benefit of young readers so that they are able to appreciate the essence and meaning of words in rhyme. Edgeworth highlights the lack of understanding and imperfect knowledge of words and phrases as one of the mains reasons for making incorrect assumptions related to poetry. This problem is not just relevant for students but poets themselves. In this context, "Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People" provides detailed insights into the use of different styles of writing, selection of words and phrases as well meters which signify the tone of the poem. The title is spread across six chapters along with an introduction that postulates the different styles with the help of extracts from various poems by well-known poets. Edgeworth chooses six works of poetry which signify separate styles of writing and provides meanings and explanations for chosen stanzas. These include works by Collin, Gray and Milton among others. Shakespeare's speech of Henry the Fifth is particularly well researched and the author is able to bring out finer nuances that many readers might not notice even after repeated readings. Edgeworth takes on the bold task of bringing out elements of poetry which some might find frivolous as he himself points out in the preface but just a glance through "Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People" will put all doubts to rest as this is one title that can be used as a ready reference for students, poets and especially casual readers looking to understand the true meaning of the poetry they adore. 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.
Download or read book Study of Poetry Classic Reprint written by A. C. Bradley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Study of Poetry But if it does seem worthy, or ever has seemed worthy - I insult it in using such words, for to any one who cares for it the question is not of its worthiness to be loved but of dis ability to love it - if, I say, we do care for it, then it may perhaps be useful to ask why we are right in doing so, and what answer among many answers we may make to the question - why should we study poetry and never allow a doubt of its value to disturb us? 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.
Download or read book The Poetic Mind Classic Reprint written by Frederick Clarke Prescott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetic Mind I have suggested for literary investigation a compromise method. Truths drawn from the poets, though entirely lacking in inductive evidence, may be checked by tests of a strictly scientific kind. If, for example, the statement of a poet on a matter of importance connected with the present subject, though standing unproved, is yet found to agree with the state ment of another, it is strengthened; if further this agreement is found among many poets, of different ages and countries, the consensus is an argument of the strongest kind - stronger indeed than any single inductive proof. Right conclusions also show an agreement of another kind; they have a way of agreeing with each other, of fitting into and explaining each other, and of readily forming part of a larger structure. The test of them is whether they will work, and this test is also entirely sci entific. Finally, wrong conclusions are sterile, right ones pro ductive; the former die when the book containing them is closed; the latter are alive and remain so, and soon gather to themselves other opinions. A little time applies the test, and however it may be in the practical sciences, in the investigation of poetry there is no hurry. One writing on the present subject, then, need not be too much afraid of promoting error. 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.
Download or read book Canons of Criticism written by Charles William Macfarlane and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Canons of Criticism: An Introduction to the Development of English Poetry That the time has come when, if Critical Literature is to make further advance, there must be some general agreement as to the meaning of the terms employed, there can be no question, though how successful we havebeen in our attempts to give definition to some of these terms others must judge. This, at least, we may say: It is an honest Ghost. 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.
Download or read book The Making of Poetry written by Arthur H. R. Fairchild and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Making of Poetry: A Critical Study of Its Nature and Value This book might be called a critical essay to ward a consistent View of poetry. I claim no finality for this view. I only hope that it Will be of some real service to teachers and students Whose interests and activities centre in literature; to the gentle-hearted reader Whose mind, untouched by the sneaping frost of complacency, is eager to find the well-springs of his higher pleasures; to the man of affairs, professedly literary in taste or not, Whose purged vision enables him to recognise in poetry the highest manifestation of principles that control all his best practical attainments. 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.
Download or read book The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language Classic Reprint written by Hudson Maxim and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language To many persons it will appear an audacity to cross question the Muses, a sacrilege to enter the temple of their worship with the lamp of science. Galileo startled the orthodoxy of his age, religious and scientific alike, by his declaration that the earth revolves around the sun. Darwin Shocked the world with his announcement that man and monkey are descendants of a common ancestor nu arboreal creature with tail and pointed ears. The thought of such lowly origin was most repugnant to many, who had been taught to believe in man's divine origin; but Darwin's evidence staggered the world, made it pause and investigate. Investigation was followed by conviction. 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.
Download or read book How to Read Poetry Classic Reprint written by Ethel M. Colson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Read Poetry It may be plainly stated, in beginning, that this little book is in no sense a didactic or tech nical treatise, that it Sheers humbly far away from the academic or educational religion. d104books, conveying formal poetic informa tion, offering best and most incontrovertible of studious reasons for the why and how of poetry reading, are thicker than flowers in May or sad hearts in war time, but here is no hint of addition to their number. The best argument that can be advanced in favor of marriage is that marriage has been found happy. The best of all reasons for reading poetry is because one loves it. And the best way to read poetry is with the love that, for love's sake, finds its own path way, works its own miracles of sympathy and understanding. 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.
Download or read book An Introduction to Good Poetry Classic Reprint written by E. F. Davidson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introduction to Good Poetry The poems are arranged to illustrate and inter pret successive phases and experiences of life, from childhood to death. 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.
Download or read book The Uses of Poetry Classic Reprint written by A. C. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Uses of Poetry I must at once confess that my title, 'The Uses of Poetry, ' is more or less deceptive. I intended to speak of that subject alone; but I found that I should only follow stumbling in the footprints of Sidney, Wordsworth, and Shelley if I attempted to describe the ways in which poetry enriches, purifies, and elevates life. At the same time I remembered, in more formal debates on poetry, so much confusion with respect to this notion of 'use, ' that I thought it would be more profitable, if much more dry, to endeavour to diminish it. And, even in that part of my address which really deals with one of the uses of poetry, my main object has still been the clarification of ideas. When we ask of what use is poetry, we are regarding it solely as a means to an end. The question of its use or uses involves, therefore, the question of its end or ends; and on this much has been said both casually and in long discussions. We may find answers in the poets themselves. Pope's assertion that Shakespeare wrote 'for gain, not glory, ' might be taken to imply that a poet's choice is confined to these two ends. For Browning, on the other hand, 'his song' was his 'due to God, ' as, for Michael Angelo, the purpose of his art was the glory of God, and not of Michael Angelo. Keats confessed that he 'ever felt athirst for glory, ' but still he held that 'the great end of poetry' was to be a friend To soothe the cares and lift the thoughts of man: and that may be taken as a fair summary of the fuller statements of Wordsworth. Five aims have now been mentioned, and I will appeal to only one poet more. Burns declared that he had no aim at all: Some rhyme a neighbour's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the country clash, And raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash - I rhyme for fun. On this and on the other testimony of the poets I may offer one remark. All poets rhyme for fun. What Burns meant by the phrase is explained by two lines in the preceding stanza: Just now I've ta'en the fit o' rhyme, My barmie noddle's working prime. Every poet, I say, when he is writing, writes because his noddle is barmie (yeasty); in other words, because something is working in his head and wants to be expressed. 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.
