+ Bookm. 23: 640. Ag. ’06. 230w.
“Some of the scenes are well done, and the characters stand out with a good degree of boldness.”
+ Critic. 48: 473. My. ’06. 100w.
Reviewed by Mrs. L. H. Harris.
– Ind. 60: 1044. My. 3, ’06. 140w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 229. Ap. 7, ’06. 620w. + Outlook. 82: 763. Mr. 31, ’06. 100w.
Alexander, Hartley Burr. Poetry and the individual: an analysis of the imaginative life in relation to the creative spirit in man and nature. **$1.50. Putnam.
“If it be necessary to analyze the reason for the expression of thought in poetry, then Dr. Alexander has done a useful thing. If not, he has at least done an interesting thing, in tracing from a philosophical standpoint the evolution of poetry since its earliest manifestation.” (Pub. Opin.) The question is dealt with under the general subjects: Impulse and song, Evolution of poetic spirit, The worth of life. The universal and the individual, The imagination, Aesthetic expression, Beauty and personality, and Nature and poetic mood.
“His style impresses me as surprisingly inconsistent. It is both brilliant and stilted, fluent and awkward. The book is admirable for its sympathetic and sure apprehension of the present age (its individualism, introspection and courageous faith) and for a captivating string of poetry and eloquence which pervades the whole.” Ralph Barton Perry.
+ + – J. Philos. 3: 439. Ag. 2, ’06. 1740w.