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Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind focuses upon the two intertwined themes of Reason and Beauty as they are expressed poetically in English literature. It begins with a chapter on the unique characteristics of poetic creation, "The Ostentation of Verse" and then unfolds in an alternating pattern, analyzing the distinctive appearances of these two concepts in writers as various as William Wordsworth (Reason), Christopher Marlowe (Beauty), Alexander Pope (Reason), John Keats (Beauty), and John Milton (Reason). In the climactic penultimate chapter, there is a meditation on William Shakespeare's depiction of what the author calls "the actual schism in Reason." There follows a brief coda which moves beyond the confines of poetry to a contemplation of the wider religious dimensions that the literary investigation has opened up.

Author

Charles Williams

Publisher

Folcroft, Pa.: Folcroft Library Editions

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780841493520

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Poetry

Updated

2026-03-24