On English Poetry - Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of This Art, from Evidence Mainly Subjective.
by GRAVES, Robert
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Heinemann, London., 1922. First U.K. edition, second issue binding, in paper boards [by William Nicholson]. Octavo. 149 pages. Sixty-one essays and an appendix, including: ''The Nine Muses'', ''The Parable of Mr. Poeta and Mr. Lector'', ''The Dead End and the Man of One Poem'', ''Spenser's Cuffs'', ''The Daffodils'', ''Vers Libre'', ''Moving Mountains'', ''The God Called Poetry'', ''Putty'', ''The Bowl Marked Dog'', ''An Awkward Fellow Called Ariphrades'', ''Ghosts in the Sheldonian'', ''The Laying-on of Hands'', ''The Necessity of Arrogance'' etc. The printed dedication reads: ''To T.E. Lawrence of Arabia and All Soul's College, Oxford, and To W.H.R. Rivers of the Solomon Islands and St. John's College, Cambridge, my gratitude for valuable critical help, and the dedication of this book.''Free endpapers partially tanned. Edges faintly spotted. Top part of spine slightly darkened. Very good indeed in the scarce dustwrapper which is extensively torn, defective at the spine and repaired on the reverse.
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- Title
- On English Poetry - Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of This Art, from Evidence Mainly Subjective.
- Author
- GRAVES, Robert
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann, London.
- Date Published
- 1922
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