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Book Synopsis"First paperback printing, 1985"--Title page verso.
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. vii*Preamble, pg. 1*Concerning Adonis, pg. 8*Funeral Oration for a Fable, pg. 35*A Foreword, pg. 39*Poetry and Abstract Thought, pg. 52*Problems of Poetry, pg. 82*Memoirs of a Poem, pg. 100*The Prince and La Jeune Parque, pg. 133*Concerning Le Cimetiere marin, pg. 140*Commentaries on Charmes, pg. 153*On Speaking Verse, pg. 159*Letter to Madame C., pg. 167*The Poet's Rights over Language, pg. 169*A Poet's Notebook, pg. 173*Pure Poetry, pg. 184*Contemporary Poetry, pg. 193*Remarks on Poetry, pg. 196*The Necessity of Poetry, pg. 216*Notes on Tragedy and a Tragedy, pg. 231*The Poetry of La Fontaine, pg. 242*Victor Hugo, Creator through Form, pg. 251*Victor Hugo's Finest Stanza, pg. 260*An After-Dinner Speech, pg. 275*Spiritual Canticles, pg. 279*Variations on the Eclogues, pg. 295*Sur la Technique Litteraire, pg. 314*On Literary Technique, pg. 315*Notes, pg. 325
