Scepticism and Poetry

An Essay on the Poetic Imagination
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-14696-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1937, in Scepticism and Poetry the author argues that a theory of poetry is primarily a theory of the imagination; that the imagination which is present in the making of poetry is present also in all our knowledge of the world; and that its operation in poetry cannot therefore be understood if considered apart from the activity of the imagination in knowledge.

The book discusses themes like the ‘prime agent’; denial of the ‘prime agent’ and the consequences; imaginative use of language; imagination, lyric and morality; and poetry, dogma and the mystical. This is an interesting book for the students of literature and poetry.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, D. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Part I 1. The ‘Prime Agent’ 2. A Denial of the ‘Prime Agent’; and the Consequences 3. The Imaginative Use of Language 4. Imagination, Lyric, and Morality Part II 5. Visionary Dreariness 6. Adam’s Dream 7. The Failure of the Ballad-Makers 8. Poetry, Dogma and the Mystical Index