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The literary mind its place in an age of science.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Octagon Books, 1969.
Physical Description:
ix, 343 pages ; 21 cm.
Subjects:
Contents:
  • pt. 1. March of science
  • pt. 2. Literature on the defensive: Swan-song of humane letters
  • Resurrection of the scholar-gentleman
  • pt. 3. Literature in retreat: Cult of unintelligibility
  • Tendency toward pure poetry
  • Poets talking to themselves
  • Division of labor in literature
  • pt. 4. Toward a science of literature: What poetry is
  • Art and biology
  • pt. 5. Future of literature: Are poetry and drama dying?
  • Is the novel at a dead end?
  • Realm of literary truth
  • Problem of criticism
  • Teacher of literature
  • A note on I.A. Richards' psychology of poetry.