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On poetic interpretation of nature

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

On poetic interpretation of nature

John Campbell Shairp

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Does science kill the poetry in a sunset, or deepen it? John Campbell Shairp weighs the poet's wonder against the scientist's, asking how far knowledge changes the feeling nature stirs in us. A thoughtful Victorian meditation on beauty and fact. Consider whether the measured world can still move the heart.

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35 chapters

  1. 1THE POETIC INTERPRETATION OF NATURE.
  2. 2CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF POETRY.
  3. 3CHAPTER II. THE POETIC FEELING AWAKENED BY THE WORLD OF NATURE.
  4. 4CHAPTER III. POETIC AND SCIENTIFIC WONDER.
  5. 5CHAPTER IV. WILL SCIENCE PUT OUT POETRY?
  6. 6CHAPTER V. HOW FAR SCIENCE MAY MODIFY POETRY.
  7. 7CHAPTER VI. THE MYSTICAL SIDE OF NATURE.
  8. 8CHAPTER VII. PRIMEVAL IMAGINATION WORKING ON NATURE—LANGUAGE AND MYTHOLOGY.
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII. SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH POETS DEAL WITH NATURE.
  10. 10I.
  11. 11II.
  12. 12III.
  13. 13IV.
  14. 14V.
  15. 15VI.
  16. 16VII.
  17. 17VIII.
  18. 18CHAPTER IX. NATURE IN HEBREW POETRY, AND IN HOMER.

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