1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Neglected Powers (1971) Essays on Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Literature

518 Pages

by Routledge

518 Pages

by Routledge

518 Pages

by Routledge

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Description

First published in 1971, Professor Knight’s book draws analytic attention to poets including Tennyson, Masefield, and Brooke, who are shown to hold a dimension of meaning previously ignored or misunderstood. Homage is paid to John Cowper Powys as one of the foremost seers of the modern age. A comprehensive review of the work of Francis Berry claims to establish him as our foremost living poet.... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part One - Introduction

1. Poetry and magic

Part Two - Obscenities

2. Who wrote Don Leon?

3. Coleman and Don Leon

4. Lawrence, Joyce and Powys

5. Mysticism and Masturbation: an introduction to the lyrics of John Cowper Powys

6. The ship of cruelty: on the lyrical poems of John Cowper Powys

Part Three - Spiritualities

7. The Scholar Gypsy