Carson-Newman University

The poetic mind, by Frederick Clarke Prescott ..

eng

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The poetic mind

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by Frederick Clarke Prescott ..

Introduction -- Examples of vision -- Two modes of thought -- The imagination in childhood ; The primitive imagination -- The subjects of poetry -- The unconscious mind in poetry -- The universality of poetry -- The desires and emotions in poetry -- The imagination : internal and external elements -- The imagination : recent and early sources -- The imagination : condensation and displacement -- The formation of imaginary characters -- Symbols and figures -- The impulse and the control -- The poetic madness and catharsis -- The uses of poetry