| Description |
272 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Perchance to dream -- One Smith in a billion -- Ice and fire -- Looking back on today -- Books of wisdom -- An eminent historian -- Arms and the woman -- The outsider -- Words and meanings -- The Christians and the lions -- The Gettysburg address -- What use is poetry? -- Seventeen syllables -- The poet and his vulture -- Rhythm in poetry -- Melody in poetry -- The madness of Hamlet -- The poet and the musician -- A drinking song -- The old wizard -- Professor paradox -- The art of invective -- The witches and their God -- I to the hills will lift mine eyes -- Kitsch -- A new pleasure -- The philosopher of the atom -- The small flat world -- A bouquet of poison ivy -- Perspectives of science -- Escape |
| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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Literature.
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