From Library Journal
This scholarly book starts with the supposition that "Human beings need inspired poetry, whether we like it or not." The author defines such poetry as "poetry originating in urgent, commanding voices" and goes on to discuss the ethical content of the inspired poetry of Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Smart, Blake, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Coleridge, Arnold, Emily Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browing, Christina Rossetti, Dickinson, and Yeats. Although Weissman's argument is not always convincing, some interesting ideas are presented, and readers are given a new approach to some of the most valued literature in the Western tradition.
- Jessica Grim, Oberlin Coll., Lib., Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jessica Grim, Oberlin Coll., Lib., Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
