Project Gutenberg 2008-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 133 Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil) 1851 1935 Bradley, Andrew Cecil Poetry for Poetry's Sake An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on June 5, 1901 Produced by K. Nordquist, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Poetry for Poetry's Sake" by A. C. Bradley is an inaugural lecture delivered in the early 20th century, specifically in 1901, reflecting on the nature and value of poetry. This scholarly work belongs to the realm of literary criticism and aesthetics, centering on the idea that poetry holds intrinsic worth as an art form that should be appreciated for its own sake rather than for any external utility it might serve—such as moral instruction or emotional manipulation. Bradley, a professor of poetry at Oxford, engages with the theme of poetic value, emphasizing the importance of experiencing poetry in its essence, which combines both form and substance. In this lecture, Bradley defends the proposition that poetry should be appreciated as a self-contained entity, independent of the meanings or messages it conveys beyond its artistic composition. Throughout his discourse, he addresses common misunderstandings about the relationship between form and subject, arguing that reducing poetry to mere technicalities or external meanings undermines its aesthetic integrity. He posits that the poetic value lies within the poem itself—the unity of its language and meaning—rather than in the individual components that constitute it. By exploring the complexities of how poetry interacts with life, experience, and emotion, Bradley illustrates the distinctive nature of poetic experience and its vital place in human culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poetry PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 80916 80925 2024-09-10T10:58:37.409290 2023-09-11T04:26:35.602682 text/html text/html 78260 2008-01-15T05:27:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 28831 2008-01-15T05:27:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 78524 2024-09-10T10:58:40.960269 application/epub+zip 78006 2024-09-10T10:58:38.689272 application/epub+zip 78006 2024-09-10T10:58:37.897323 application/epub+zip 152309 2024-09-10T10:58:42.788269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142990 2024-09-10T10:58:40.446310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160754 2022-09-11T09:21:27.960369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70132 69907 2024-09-10T10:58:37.157300 2023-09-11T04:26:35.304670 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 70012 2008-01-15T05:27:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 26646 2008-01-15T05:27:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 70003 2008-01-15T05:27:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26630 2008-01-15T05:27:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20033 2024-09-10T10:58:42.919263 application/rdf+xml 12412 2024-09-10T10:58:38.236293 image/jpeg 3593 2024-09-10T10:58:38.065293 image/jpeg 76276 2024-09-10T10:58:37.417291 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia