The English Poetic Mind
by Williams, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt pressed cover design & spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1932. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt pressed cover design & spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp but browned and some foxing; school stamp on ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). ÔThe English Poetic MindÕ (1932) is WilliamsÕ discussion of the source of the poetic impulse, creativity and drive behind three prominent English poets: Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth. The text is reflective of WilliamsÕ imaginative and critical approach to literature and his appreciation of poetry and verse. Charles Williams (1886-1945) was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet. As a member of the ÔInklingsÕ literary group at Oxford, his work supported a strong sense of narrative. For Williams, spiritual exchanges were an undercurrent to life, and his Christian fantasy writing, such as 'Descent into Hell' (1937), earned him many followers.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133021
- Title
- The English Poetic Mind
- Author
- Williams, Charles
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt pressed cover design & spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Pages
- 214
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, literary criticism, poetry, Inklings, Charles Williams
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...