Probably the most important contribution to modern poetical theory is Mr. Robert Graves' book On English Poetry. He grounds it upon Man as a Neurotic Animal. Poetry is to the poet, he argues, what dreams are to the ordinary man: a symbolical way, that is, of resolving those complexes which deadlock of emotion has produced. If this book meets with the success it deserves, it is probable that there will be a great deal of psycho-analytical criticism afloat, that the symbolic test will become the sole criterion of ...
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Probably the most important contribution to modern poetical theory is Mr. Robert Graves' book On English Poetry. He grounds it upon Man as a Neurotic Animal. Poetry is to the poet, he argues, what dreams are to the ordinary man: a symbolical way, that is, of resolving those complexes which deadlock of emotion has produced. If this book meets with the success it deserves, it is probable that there will be a great deal of psycho-analytical criticism afloat, that the symbolic test will become the sole criterion of distinguishing the true from the fake poem; until some sort of 'Metamorphic' school arise, who defeat this by consciously faking their symbolism. I do not wish to oppose this thesis, but only to suggest that though true, it is only a partial truth: and that to make it the sole criterion of poetry would be damning: that as well as being a neurotic animal, Man is a Communicative Animal, and a Pattern-making Animal: that poetry cannot be traced simply to a sort of automatic psycho-therapy, but that these and many other causes are co-responsible. Indeed, though many of these poems may still prove poems within the meaning of Mr. Graves' Act, I should be sorry that they should be read with no other purpose than indecently to detect my neuroses.
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Very Good. Size: 24mo 5"-6" tall; A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Frontispiece portrait of author by Pamela Bianco, tissue-protected, augments this fine exemplar of a Limited Edition of 750 copies, this being the eighth title ever printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, printed at Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, England. Note of Errata bound in. Twenty-one poems plus Preface, which is a due homage to the poetical theory of Robert Graves. This edition completed March 24th, 1922. Brown paper over boards, sunned blue cloth spine, paper label on spine. Only mildly worn, bright and unmarked of interior but for half-toning to endpapers and a fine bookplate inside front flap. The author, Richard Arthur Warren Hughes O.B.E. (19 April 1900-28 April 1976) was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays. Born in Weybridge, Surrey, his father was Arthur Hughes, a civil servant, and his mother Louisa Grace Warren had been brought up in the West Indies in Jamaica. He was well educated and began publishing his literary output at an early age and enjoyed a long and prestigious career, including coeditorship of literary journals such as Oxford Poetry. Hughes was the author of the world's first radio play, A Comedy Of Danger, broadcast on 15 January 1924. He traveled, married the painter Frances Bazley (1905-1985) in 1932, and about them the poet Dylan Thomas wrote his book Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog whilst living at their Castle House. He relocated to Ynys in Gwynedd late in life and became churchwarden of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, a village church, and was buried there upon his death at home in 1976. 69 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Very good in good jacket. 69p 12mo, 1/750 copies printed. A very good copy in a good dust jacket, Front panel of the jacket separated from the spine but undetecable. jacket lightly nicked at the base.
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Very good(+) 24mo, 69 pages, cloth-backed grey boards (faded), paper spine label, uncut. Berkshire, Golden Cockerel Press, (1922). One of 750 copies. Very good (+).
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Small octavo. 69. [2]pp. Errata slip laid in. Frontispiece portrait by Pamela Bianco. Quarter blue cloth and pale green papercovered boards with printed paper spine label. Sunning or toning at the edges of the boards, else near fine in near fine dust jacket toned on the spine. One of 750 copies. Typed Letter Signed from Howard to Mr. Irvine, sent at a later date, mentioning work he was doing at Ealing and mentioning Robert Graves and Max Beerbohm. Author's first book.
