Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind

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This vintage book contains Charles Williams's 1933 work, "Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind". Within this volume, Williams explores the use of the word 'Reason' by Wordsworth in the "Prelude", the abandonment of the intellect by Keats in the "Nightingale" and the "Urn", the emphasis laid on 'Reason' by Milton in "Paradise Lost", the schism of reason studied by Shakespeare in the tragedies, and the definition of beauty by Marlowe in "Tamburlaine". This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in poetry, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Williams's work. Contents include: "The Ostentation of Verse", "The Analysis of William", "What is Beauty?", "Reasoning but to Err", "Essay on Man", "The Evasion of Identity: Spenser", "The Evasion of Identity: The Nightingale and the Grecian Urn", "A Lady's Eyes", "The Deification of Reason", etcetera. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886 - 1945) was a British novelist, playwright, poet, theologian, and literary critic. This antiquarian book is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.