{"product_id":"poetic-diction-owen-barfield-9780819560261","title":"Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Owen Barfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081956026X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819560261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.03w x 0.66d","brand":"Owen Barfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048503668991,"sku":"9780819560261","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_830e5589-6f35-4a63-b3a5-0e540038b476.jpg?v=1684996145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poetic-diction-owen-barfield-9780819560261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}