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Owen Barfield : Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning (Wesleyan Paperback)
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Author: Owen Barfield
Title: Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning (Wesleyan Paperback)
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Published in: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 238
Date: 1984-12-15
ISBN: 081956026X
Publisher: Wesleyan
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Size: 5.16 x 0.65 x 7.87 inches
Edition: 3
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Poetic Diction, first published in 1928, begins by asking why we call a given grouping of words "poetry" and why these arouse "aesthetic imagination" and produce pleasure in a receptive reader. Returning always to this personal experience of poetry, Owen Barfield at the same time seeks objective standards of criticism and a theory of poetic diction in broader philosophical considerations on the relation of world and thought. His profound musings explore concerns fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of poetry, including the nature of metaphor, poetic effect, the difference between verse and prose, and the essence of meaning.

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