The preface to this book's second edition responds to James Smith's critique that it lacks the "judgment of value" by noting that there is an implicit argument for the quality of the poems its author discusses in detail, among them Pope's "Epistle 2:
The preface to this book's second edition responds to James Smith's critique that it lacks the "judgment of value" by noting that there is an implicit argument for the quality of the poems its author discusses in detail, among them Pope's "Epistle 2: To a Lady" and Herbert's "The Sacrifice." Its last section delves into psychology and repeats Freud's claim that when an ancient Egyptian saw a baby "he at once thought of an old man." Its author argues that Keats' "Ode on Melancholy" demonstrates that a "force in the poet's mind, must have wanted to go to Lethe very much, if it took four negatives in the first line to stop them." Opening with a discussion of how (*) "pure sound and atmosphere" impact understanding, this book posits that features like "double grammar" and "alternative meanings" are valuable tools in analyzing literature. For 10 points, identify this work of criticism whose title refers to a certain number of "verbal nuance[s]" which provoke different reactions to the same piece of language, a book by William Empson.
The preface to this book's second edition responds to James Smith's critique that it lacks the "judgment of value" by noting that there is an implicit argument for the quality of the poems its author discusses in detail, among them Pope's "Epistle 2:
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