The idiom of poetry - Pottle, Frederiick Albert 1897-. (Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press, 1946)
the idiom of poetry: Shifts of sensibility. --The doctrine of critical relativism. --The critic's responsibility. --What is poetry?. --Pure poetry in theory and practice. --Emergent idiom. --Other essays: an alternative beginning and a summary. --Dogma, science, and poetry. --The Moral evaluation of literature. --Notes and references.
"This book in its original form consisted of six lectures ... delivered at Cornell University in ... 1941, namely, the Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization."
Keywords: Poetry -- Addresses, essays, lectures