The Name and Nature of Poetry by A.E. Houseman

[David Morris]

This message is disingenuous, I'd say.  "Perfect" understanding is only as 
obtainable as is "Savlation."  "General" understanding is only the aim of 
rhetoric.  But is there a middle term?  Is it "Communication?"

David Morris

>From: Jules Siegel
>
>"Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable 
>to draw it out. 'Poetry gives most pleasure' said Coleridge 'when only 
>generally and not perfectly understood'; and perfect understanding will 
>sometimes almost extinguish pleasure."
>
>The Name and Nature of Poetry by A.E. Houseman. Cambridge, The University 
>Press, 1933.

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