Christopher Caudwell 1937

Illusion and Reality

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Source: Illusion and Reality, sixth printing 1967;
First Published: in 1937, by International Publishers, New York;
Transcribed: by Ted Crawford, 2013.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE BIRTH OF POETRY

II. THE DEATH OF MYTHOLOGY

III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POETRY

IV. ENGLISH POETS: (I) PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION

V. ENGLISH POETS: (II) THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

VI. ENGLISH POETS: (III) DECLINE OF CAPITALISM

—————THE MOVEMENT OF BOURGEOIS POETRY

VII. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF POETRY

VIII. THE WORLD AND THE “I”

IX. THE PSYCHE AND PHANTASY

X. POETRY’S DREAM-WORK

XI. THE ORGANISATION OF THE ARTS

XII. THE FUTURE OF POETRY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

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