Some Reflections on Genius: And Other EssaysObservations on creative inspiration and eccentricities of Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Jacob Epstein, and others, presented by a British neurologist. |
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... poetry , unlike the visual arts , we have images created by symbols . Hence , in poetry , words are used in a very different way from their use in science . The value of a word for the poet consists not only in its immediate meaning but ...
... poetry , unlike the visual arts , we have images created by symbols . Hence , in poetry , words are used in a very different way from their use in science . The value of a word for the poet consists not only in its immediate meaning but ...
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... poetry , but the same effect is often encountered in prose also . The thalamic , and , indeed hypo- thalamic , appeal of poetry is well illustrated by A. E. Housman's famous remark . He was accustomed to recite poetry while he shaved ...
... poetry , but the same effect is often encountered in prose also . The thalamic , and , indeed hypo- thalamic , appeal of poetry is well illustrated by A. E. Housman's famous remark . He was accustomed to recite poetry while he shaved ...
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... poetry people often mean a kind of poetry which many find difficult to understand because words appear to be used in a different way from that to which we have become accustomed in the poetry with which the past has made us familiar . I ...
... poetry people often mean a kind of poetry which many find difficult to understand because words appear to be used in a different way from that to which we have become accustomed in the poetry with which the past has made us familiar . I ...
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Some Reflections on Genius | 9 |
lEnfant Terrible | 23 |
Dr Johnson on Science | 34 |
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