Paper presented at the Deutscher Neuphilologentag in Munster, West Germany, on April 2, 1970. (WB)

Paper presented at the Deutscher Neuphilologentag in Munster, West Germany, on April 2, 1970. (WB)

Discusses about 50 books of or about English literature of the Restoration period published during 1969. (DS)

Poets usually employ enjambement to communicate experiences in which, after repeated frustration, a human subject suddenly overcomes limitations and goes beyond previous limits. (DD)

Asserts that the poetry of James Reeves has been neglected but shows, through attention to his poetry, that perhaps he wanted to be inconspicuous. (SRT)

In both Frost and Lowell the most compelling gesture of obligation is the final demur, the turning away into silence. (DD)

Analyzes the fourteenth century English poem "Patience" as a commentary on society's reactions to the crises of the latter half of that century. (TO)

The author gives the reader a detailed analysis of metaphor. He classifies them in four distinct groups and gives many examples to prove his point. (MR)

When the joint experiences of a poem, poet, reader, and listener are met, there is a communion of spirits that is both test and fruition of the interpretive act. (Author)

Poetics rather than poems would form the curriculum for an ideal poetry course. (JH)

Noting that his book, "Understanding the New Black Poetry" (Morrow 1973), attempted to sketch a critical framework which would help make the poetry accessible to a larger number of people, the author examines some questions raised there which need some systematic response. (Author/JM)