[Inklings][NEED PD EDITION] Poetic diction: a study in meaning by Owen Barfield

[InTheDesert]

Poetic Diction, first published in 1928, begins by asking why we call a given grouping of words "poetry" and why these arouse "aesthetic imagination" and produce pleasure in a receptive reader. Returning always to this personal experience of poetry, Owen Barfield at the same time seeks objective standards of criticism and a theory of poetic diction in broader philosophical considerations on the relation of world and thought. His profound musings explore concerns fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of poetry, including the nature of metaphor, poetic effect, the difference between verse and prose, and the essence of meaning.

Dedication:

To C. S. LEWIS
‘Opposition is true friendship’

https://archive.org/details/poeticdiction0000unse

Not PD in Life + 70

[mightyfelix]

Unfortunately, I don't think we can use this source. This edition was printed in 1952, and the introduction to the second edition is dated 1951. So at least that much is new material that is surely under copyright still. We'll need to find an earlier edition.