278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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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
Biography
D. G. James
