What to Say about a Poem...and Other Essays [electronic resource] / W. K. Wimsatt, Jr. and Others.

Topics of the three essays in this bulletin--which originally appeared in the February, 1963, issue of "College English" and the March and April, 1963, issues of the "English Journal"--are (1) how the materials of language and poetry and the perceptions of individual minds are em...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Wimsatt, W. K., Jr
Corporate Author: National Council of Teachers of English
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1963.
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Summary:Topics of the three essays in this bulletin--which originally appeared in the February, 1963, issue of "College English" and the March and April, 1963, issues of the "English Journal"--are (1) how the materials of language and poetry and the perceptions of individual minds are employed in examining a poem; (2) procedures for reading and understanding the meanings (both literal and figurative) and the patterns of poetry together with an anlysis of the contemporary needs for poetry; and (3) the importance of understanding tone when interpreting literature, especially poetry. Authors of essays are W. K. Wimsatt, Jr., Josephine Miles, and Laurence Perrine. (JMC)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED041879.
Physical Description:27 p.