{"product_id":"poetic-diction-a-study-in-meaning-paperback","title":"Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOwen Barfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward Nemerov\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarfield discusses poetry's meaning in terms of both his personal experience and objective standards of criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetic 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTRIBUTOR: Howard Nemerov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Poetic Diction' it has been valued not only as a secret book, but nearly as a sacred one; with a certain sense that its teaching was quite properly esoteric, not as the possession of few snobs but as something that would easily fail of being understood by even the most learned of those jugheads whose mouths continually pour forth but whose ears will serve only for carrying purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOWEN BARFIELD, whom C. S. Lewis called the \"wisest and best of my unofficial teachers,\" is a philosopher and author of many books, including Saving the Appearances, Unancestral Voice, The Rediscovery of Meaning and Other Essays, Owen Barnfield on C. S. Lewis, and History, Guilt, and Habit. Born in 1898, he lives in East Sussex, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.94 x 5.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757833355552,"sku":"9780819560261","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2ddd2b92c8b2d5dc9777acea0f615e40.webp?v=1780112894","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poetic-diction-a-study-in-meaning-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}