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A collection of essays by the author of "The White Goddess", linked together by some common assumptions regarding the nature of poetry. The title of the book, according to the writer, "is shorthand for saying that the popular vierw of what poetry is, or ought to be, has for centuries been based on sentimental misapprehensions." THIS TITLE IS CITED AND RECOMMENDED BY: Books for College Libraries; Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.