Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xii, 272 pages; 21 cm

Summary

1. In this collection of essays based upon his radio talks, Highet discusses a range of topics, including Japanese haiku, Icelandic sagas, the Gettysburg Address, and the works of George Orwell, Yeats, Byron, and Tennyson.

Subject

1. Literature

Genre/Form

1. Literature.
2. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. [1.] The arts of prose: Perchance to dream -- One Smith in a billion -- Ice and fire -- Looking back on today -- Books of wisdom -- An eminent historian -- Arms and the woman -- The outsider -- Words and meanings -- The Christians and the lions -- The Gettysburg Address -- [2.] Poetry and poets: What use is poetry? -- Seventeen syllables -- The poet and his vulture -- Rhythm in poetry -- Melody in poetry -- The madness of Hamlet -- The poet and the musician -- A drinking song -- The old wizard -- Professor paradox -- [3.] Imagination and reality: The art of invective -- The witches and their god -- I to the hills will lift up mine eyes -- Kitsch -- A new pleasure -- The philosopher of the atom -- The small flat world -- A bouquet of poison ivy -- Perspectives of science -- Escape.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also issued online.