Pottle, Frederick Albert <br/><br/>
The idiom of poetry 
by Frederick A. Pottle ... 
 - Rev. ed., with other essays. 
 - Ithaca, N.Y.  Cornell University  1946. 
 - xvi p., 2 b., 234 p. 
<br/><br/> "This book in its original form consisted of six lectures ... delivered at Cornell University in ... 1941 namely, the Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization."--p. [vi] 
<br/><br/>The idiom of poetry: Shifts of sensibility. The doctrine of critical relativism. The critic's responsibility. What is poetry? Pure poetry in theory and practice. Emergent idiom.--Other essays: An alternative beginning and a summary. Dogma, science, and poetry. The moral evaluation of literature.--Notes and references (p. [211]-234) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>46008517  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poetry