Sign-In
Cart
The Art of Poetry: Seven Lectures 1920-1922
Paperback
Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesPoetry Criticism
ISBN13: 9781025282961
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Art of Poetry is a profound series of seven lectures delivered by the esteemed scholar William Paton Ker between 1920 and 1922. This collection offers an illuminating exploration into the essence of poetic expression, examining the historical and structural elements that have shaped the Western literary tradition. Ker's analysis spans a diverse range of topics, from the visionary works of Percy Bysshe Shelley to the complexities of Milton's Samson Agonistes and the philosophical underpinnings of the romantic movement.
Throughout these lectures, Ker demonstrates a remarkable ability to synthesize historical context with keen critical insight. By investigating subjects such as the Romantic Fallacies and the structural beauty of the Divina Commedia, the author provides a comprehensive overview of how poetry functions as both a technical craft and a vital cultural medium. This work serves as a significant contribution to literary scholarship, offering readers a deeper understanding of the evolution of verse and the enduring power of the poetic form. Students, scholars, and admirers of classical and modern literature will find Ker's erudition and elegant prose an invaluable guide to the intricacies of the craft.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Ker, William Paton
The Art of Poetry: Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford, 5 June, 1920
Ker, William Paton
Hardcover
An English Miscellany: Presented to Dr. Furnivall in Honour of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Ker, William Paton
Napier, Arthur Sampson
Hardcover
The Art of Poetry: Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford, 5 June, 1920
Ker, William Paton
Paperback
The Chronicle of Froissart, Volume 4
Ker, William Paton
Froissart, Jean
Berners, John Bourchier
Hardcover
Commemorative Addresses: On Andrew Lang by W.P. Ker and On Arthur Woollgar Verrall by J.W. Mackail;
Ker, William Paton
Mackail, John William
Paperback
Also in
Poetry Criticism
The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
Laux, Dorianne
Addonizio, Kim
Paperback
Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke from the ''Young Poet''
Kappus, Franz Xaver
Searls, Damion
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Hardcover
Poem a Day: 366 Poems, Old and New - One for Each Day of the Year
Albery, Nicolas
McCosker, Karen
Paperback
Faeries, Sprites & Malevolent Spirits: An Anthology of Classic Poetry & Stories
Thorne, Aurora
Hardcover
Flint and Feather: The Complete Poems of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake (1922)
Johnson, E. Pauline
Paperback
Poetry from Spaceship Earth: Empire and Ecology in Post-1945 American Poetry
Rahimtoola, Samia
Paperback
The Answer / La Respuesta (Expanded Edition): Including Sor Filotea's Letter and New Selected Poems
de la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés
Paperback
The Enclosures of Free Verse: Racializing Poetic Form in the Modernist Era
Kappeler, Erin Joyce
Paperback
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series
Dawes, Kwame
Abani, Chris
Paperback
Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions: A Library of America Paperback Classic
Whitman, Walt
Paperback