Word: poetics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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ALTHOUGH in most instances that emasculated anomaly called "poetic prose" is to be deprecated, it is impossible to deny that from poetry and the poetic mind, prose can gain much to its advantage without losing its own character and strength. "Riverhead," a novel conceived as a novel, but conceived by a poet, who brings to prose, unconsciously perhaps, his lyric sensitiveness and intensity, is more than sufficient justification for this statement. it is a book that has elements of romanticism, realism, and humor, a combination as happy as it is rare in our time. it has a compact, simple, strong...
...because of the ''arid liberalism" of Manhattan theology. He went over to the Episcopal Church which he called, in the words of Phillips Brooks, "the roomiest church in Christendom." Dr. Newton needed room. Burly, round-faced, sharp-eyed, a fluent preacher, he had brought with him poetic mysticism without losing any of his old-time Baptist zeal. An authority on Abraham Lincoln, he read 2,000 works before writing Lincoln and Herndon. For McCall's Magazine he now edits a column of sermons-of-the-month...
...savage Dean's spirit exorcised so that they can get on to more personal business, but Jonathan Swift has the upper hand, begins speaking with despairing eloquence about Vanessa, who proposed marriage to him; Stella, whom he loved; Ireland, which he admired; himself, whom he despised. The poetic Swift confessional is interesting, intelligible to none except the eager student. The charlatan medium dismisses her congregation, counts her money, prepares to retire. But as she makes her way to bed, Swift's spirit returns, keeps on talking even through her uncomprehending yawns...
...TALE OF TROY-John Masefield- MacMillan ($1.50). Though England's Poet Laureate Masefield does not believe in drinking his annual allowance of good Canary wine (TIME, Jan. 11) he upholds most laureately another time-honored poetic tradition: reading poetry aloud. He dedicates this Tale of Troy to the seven "beautiful Speakers" who recited it, last Midsummer Night, in his attentive presence...
...citizen, where he is editor of "The Criterion," is widely known, both as a poet and critical essayist. He received "The Dial" award for poetry in 1922. His most widely, known works are: "The Sacred Wood," "The Waste Land," "Homage to John Dryden," "Poems: 1909-1925," "An Essay of Poetic Drama," "Shakespeare and the Stoicism of Seneca," "For Lancelot Andrews" and "Dante...